MacBook display was replaced with an older one
Hello,
my MacBook (Early 2008) had a dark display. I brought it to an Apple Service Provider. Yesterday he replaced it with a new one. The problem is that my new display has less colors than the older one that was built in. It uses the dithering technique to create an illusion of 16,7 million colors. But in real the new display has only 256,000 colors. I went to my Apple Service Provider again. They told me that Apple won't give me a new one and now I have a worse display than before. I don't know what to do.
Why did Apple replace my display with 16,7 million colors with another one with 256,000 colors? That can't be right. What can I do? Thank you for your help.
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The No Entry signs mean the account I'm logged into has no permission to access that user's data.
Note;
I believe there is a way to fool the OS into thinking that the Setup hasn't been run.
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The method has been described in other threads, though, so I may be able to find it if I have time in the next hour or so. (Approaching bedtime over here).
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