Apple LED on Powerbook darker than on Macbook Pro?

Ttitle says it all.. I have a PB G4 DLSD 1.67 and I noticed the big Apple on the back of the screen is much dimmer than on the Macbook Pros. Is there a way to brighten up the Apple LED on the back, or is this how the PowerBooks shipped, with a much darker and dim APPLE LED?

First, you're getting LCD and LED mixed up. Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) generates the image, and then something must provide backlighting to make the image visible
The Powerbook is dimmer because it uses TFT backlighting, a form of cold fluorescent lighting which cannot produce the brightness of light-emitting diode (LED) backlighting, which is what's used on the MBP's LCD display.
The brightness difference is purely the method of backlighting. The newer MBP gets the more modern an energy-efficient LED systemt o backlight its LCD.

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