Apple Sued for Deceptive MacBook and MacBook Pro Advertising

[anandk]

Apple Incorporated is facing a class action lawsuit alleging the company advertised the LCD screens on its MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops as being superior, but knowingly shipped screens that did not meet its original claims...

The complaint also points out that many of the disgruntled customers posted messages on Apple's own forums only later to have their posts moderated or completely removed by Apple forum administrators. The lawsuit alleges Apple uses dithering techniques to create an illusion of colors that don't actually exist. In fact, the lawsuit claims if a MacBook or MacBook Pro users installs Windows XP, they will notice superior image quality in areas such as gradients. The test seems to indicate Apple is using some sort of software at work in OS X. "The displays are only capable of displaying the illusion of millions of colors through the use of a software technique referred to as 'dithering'," the lawsuit claims.

*www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=7353

 

[aryayush]

Ha! Ha! Ha!

This is quite a (risky) side-business these days in the US - suing companies for no reason whatsoever and then hoping you win the case or the company settles. Idiots!

 

[prasad_den]

Yeah.. Class action suits are now almost a trend in the US.. Like a lottery, these people just gamble to try get some direct settlement from the involved companies.. Easy way to make money (that too mainly for the lawyers), thats what class action suits have become..

 

[anandk]

i guess then, these must b the same idiots who sue ms on & off

 

[infra_red_dude]

^^^ very much possible

 

[rakeshishere]

LOL...Whoz Nxt gonna Be sued?

 

[karmanya]

seriously class action suits r really crazy there. i once read a story bout a burgular who was entering a store to robb it but tripped on the wet floor. so he sued the owner for having a wet floot