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- From: kent@sunfs3.Camex.COM (Kent Borg)
- Subject: Re: Powerbook screen life
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.155531.1645@sunfs3.Camex.COM>
- Organization: Camex Inc., Boston MA
- References: <1992Aug27.210115.12784@Csli.Stanford.EDU> <l9r4u5INNe26@nada.cs.ut <1992Aug28.230133.28553@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:55:31 EDT
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- In article <1992Aug28.230133.28553@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> rrumpf@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Robert Rumpf) writes:
- >From what I have heard ... The screen can last indefinitely, but the
- >backlight might burn out after about two years...
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-
- Cool. The battery controversy was dying down and I needed something
- else to worry about.
-
- Will keeping the brightness turned part way down prolong the life?
- (Are there are limited number of photons inside?) Does this mean I
- should keep the brightness down even when plugged in?
-
-
- Kent Borg kent@camex.com or (when it is *working*) kentborg@aol.com
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- As always, things look better when some costs are left out.
- -Economist 3-28-92 p. 94
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