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From: nebel@wam.umd.edu (Chris D. Nebel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: mac screens (9")
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Date: 20 Feb 90 19:28:23 GMT
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In article <9312@portia.Stanford.EDU> thewho@portia.Stanford.EDU (Derek Fong) writes:
>One weird thing I've noticed is that all the Apple ads show the Mac with
>a "blue tinted" screen.  Does anyone know why this is done?

9" Mac screens really are tinted slightly blue.  I've heard that this was
done because it's easier to read black on very light blue than it is to read
black on white.  As someone else pointed out, the blue tint shows up more
strongly on film.


Chris Nebel
nebel@wam.umd.edu