May 22

LED MacBooks

The "classic" LCD panels are getting older and older with each day, and it seems that LED-backlit displays are going to form the next computer displays technological wave. Obviously, Apple is going to open the path once again, planning to use LED-backlit displays in all MacBooks by 2009!

MacBook Air

Considering the fact that mercury-laden panels are not environment-friendly at all, the Cupertino-based company will solve two problems at once, with this update. First, they will become a "greener" company, and second, their notebooks will have better displays with a lower power consumption than most of the competitors on the notebook market.

According to latest reports, Kenmos Technology, a back light unit maker, will be the primary provider of displays for Apple, since they already are connected with Apple, providing the LED BLUs used on the MacBook Pro with LED-backlit display, introduced back in 2007.

I know, this sounds only like a rumor for now, but here's what Steve Jobs said in an open letter regarding the environment issue:"Our ability to completely eliminate fluorescent lamps in all of our displays depends on how fast the LCD industry can transition to LED backlighting for larger displays."

At the same time, Jobs added that Apple plans to eliminate the use of arsenic in all its displays by this year's end, so everything matches. Now, we just need to wait a little more...