A Greener Apple - New LED Displays Coming
May 04, 2007 02:57 PM Filed in:
Commentary
Steve Jobs released a statement on Wednesday giving insight on how
Apple intends to become a greener, or more environmentally
friendly, company. Major high points in the essay are the removal
of toxic chemicals and an attempt to dramatically increase the
amount of product recycling.
While the decrease of impact on the environment is commendable and this essay shows Apple is going to take a more direct stance on its role, what's very interesting is the upcoming unannounced introduction of LED-backlighted displays:
At Jefferson Consulting, we are very excited about the possibility of LED backlighting, because LEDs should use less energy, resulting in longer battery life. What remains to be seen is if LED backlighting will be as bright as current displays. Brighter would be good. Dimmer would be bad. More expensive would be disappointing. We'll have to wait and see.
You can download a copy of Steve's Greener Apple statement here.
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source material: MacRumors.com, Apple.com
While the decrease of impact on the environment is commendable and this essay shows Apple is going to take a more direct stance on its role, what's very interesting is the upcoming unannounced introduction of LED-backlighted displays:
To eliminate mercury in our displays, we need to transition from fluorescent lamps to light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to illuminate the displays. Fortunately, all iPod displays already use LEDs for illumination, and therefore contain no mercury. We plan to introduce our first Macs with LED backlight technology in 2007. 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 Jefferson Consulting, we are very excited about the possibility of LED backlighting, because LEDs should use less energy, resulting in longer battery life. What remains to be seen is if LED backlighting will be as bright as current displays. Brighter would be good. Dimmer would be bad. More expensive would be disappointing. We'll have to wait and see.
You can download a copy of Steve's Greener Apple statement here.
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source material: MacRumors.com, Apple.com