Do Apple Monitors Need to be Calibrated?

I stopped in at my local Apple Store (corporate) yesterday to speak with a Genius about choosing a monitor calibrator. They carry Huey and Pantone models. He told me that Apple monitors do not need to be calibrated and to just leave them alone or I could just get in trouble. He said that Apple monitors are so good that calibrators are just a waste of money.
Is he correct?

JohnBarrett wrote:
I stopped in at my local Apple Store (corporate) yesterday to speak with a Genius about choosing a monitor calibrator. They carry Huey and Pantone models. He told me that Apple monitors do not need to be calibrated and to just leave them alone or I could just get in trouble. He said that Apple monitors are so good that calibrators are just a waste of money.
Is he correct?
He is either uninformed or just wrong.
Apple monitors are not the best; yet better, more expensive monitors still require calibration. In fact, the more expensive the monitor, the more likely it comes with a dedicated calibrator. All monitors need calibration if your goal is to use them for color-critical uses.
One reason is that all monitors drift over time. Backlights fade and shift, etc. No matter what monitor you have, it is a good idea to recalibrate every few weeks at least.
Apple monitors also ship out of step with generally accepted practice, which is to calibrate to gamma 2.2 and D50 or D65. Apple monitors tend to be calibrated at the factory to gamma 1.8 and a somewhat cooler (bluer) color balance, specs right out of the 1980s. There are signs that Apple is changing, though.

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