Apple Gets Hit with Class-Action Suit

[Rich Tate]

It has been one crazy week for the Apple camp as they have now been served with a class-action suit relating to the quality and capabilities of their Macbook screens. We’ll keep an eye on this one and keep you guys up to date.

In the May 3rd filing with the Superior Court of California for the County of San Diego, private citizens Fred Greaves and Dave Gatley are seeking multiple forms of relief and reimbursement, in addition to an injunction that would prevent Apple from continuing to market its existing notebook displays alongside claims that they support "millions of colors" and offer views "simply unavailable on other portables."

 

[markt435]

shoulda sued for the bulging batteries instead...i'd call that more of a problem.

 

[mikeblas]

Why would anyone in this country ever bother going into business, or trying to invent a product? You just get sued.

 

[kheldorin]

Well, someone needs to keep Apple's marketing department in check.

Anyway, from a post from the AppleInsider forums,

"MacBook Computer (November 2006)
The MacBook computer announced in November 2006, based on the Intel Core 2 Duo, has a 13.3-inch, glossy, widescreen flat-panel display (measured diagonally). The display has a Low Reflection Glossy Polarizer (LRGP). Display depths up to 24 bits per pixel at all supported screen resolutions .

The MacBook supports an LCD display size of 1280x800 pixels at 114 dpi, 250 nits single bulb and shows up to millions of colors. "

http://developer.apple.com/document...ation.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40003994-SW1

So it's clear they are marketing it as 8-bit color depth per channel, instead of 6-bit dithered. They could have just admitted they were wrong instead of denying everything, belittling the plaintiffs and deleting their posts. I'm sure it wouldn't have come to this lawsuit otherwise. Apple users tend to be loyal, right?

 

[pxc]

Yeah, cheap-o 6-bit panels = no! I'd rather have a 16ms 8-bit panel than an "8ms" 6-bit panel.

 

[markintosh13]

Sounds more like a consumer advertising complaint - there are such bodies that look into the accuracy of advertising claims - and not a class action suit. Sounds like lawyers trying to make some cash.