This white spots, and a little magenta line

I noticed recently that I have a couple of those white spots now on the right, center portion of my screen. I have one of the very first Aluminum PowerBook's, I got it in January 2004 immediately after the Titanium's were replaced. It's one slightly larger white spot, a smaller one above it as well a couple in the center. Also, there is a smallish magenta line on the right side of the screen. Is this a bad pixel(s)? I know these white spots were a big issue before, but at the time my computer didn't have them but now they do. Is this something AppleCare can help me with?

The same thing happened to me, and yes they should take care of it.
What you need to do is visit the Apple store and see a Genius to submit the repair request. All he needs to do is take a look at it and see if it's worthwhile. Most likely it is. When the Genius saw mine, he immediately said "yep I see it, anyone could see it..." And my 2 white spots were about than 1/16." Then they'll ship it off for you and probably replace the LCD. Mine should come back in a couple days.

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I think I am having the same problem. I took a picture of what the problem is for me... this picture is pretty much what I typically see, but note that the dots are showing everywhere on the screen; I am only showing a section:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/AZPbsPnHBt5n18V9UVj90A?authkey=MgsBBlp-ZiI& feat=directlink
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I am planning on buying the Nokia E6 in white, but I am really worried about the fact whether the keypad or the cover of the memory card and USB slot will get dirty. (yellowish)
And my second question: The Nokia E6 is provided with a leather case in some countries, but I am about to buy one E6 and I think it's not provided here in the Netherlands. I wanted to know if anyone knows the exact model number of the leather case provided in the box, so I can buy it separately.
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The USB slot shouldn't get too dirty that easily since it is not white, but silver (same as the back cover).
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I got the powerbook last January, i have had it for 7 1/2 months. After i'd had it a few months a small white spot appeared roughly in the middle of the display. I have never seen dead or stuck pixels before. I guessed that it was a stuck on pixel. my daughter who had a dead pixel once saw it and said it's not a pixel thing. I ran one of those tests where a bunch of test patterns and colors are run on the screen. The spot takes up an area of several pixels. It's irregularly shaped, and is brighter in the center. It's about the size of a lower case letter o in the text i'm typing here, not sure what font it is. When the display had a sold dark color on it, the spot was very hard to see. It's most visible against a light background.
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this powerbook fell to the floor from about 2-3 feet up. It now has a slight dent or warp in the area of the catch. I don't remember if the fall was before or after the emergence of the little spot on the display. Could a fall cause the little spot? I know that the warranty would be void if the spot was caused by the fall. But i also have renters insurance that would cover either repair or replacement--not only of the spot but also of any damage from the fall.
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No, i haven't done that yet. I'll try to do that this week. I like to be informed before going into situations like that so i was hoping there were mac users who were familiar with this white spot and whether it could be caused by the computer having been dropped. I'm pretty worried that the fact that it's been dropped will void my warranty for everything that could theoretically be possibly attributed to it. I haven't wanted to confront that. But i will be doing it soon. My computer is having some other problems now too, particularly it won't accept DVDs now, it spits them back out. Not good.

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Hi Culex,
Welcome to Lenovo Community!
As per the query we understood that you are facing issue with white spots on your laptop screen.
Please try to connect the external monitor and check for the issue, try to boot the system into BIOS and check for the issue. Also check in different application.
Also try to boot the system to safe mode and check for the issue, if still the issue persists then please try to update the display driver and check for the issue.
Click here for the display drivers for windows 7.
Click here for the display drivers for windows 8.
Click here for the display drivers for windows 8.1.
Hope this helps. Do post back if issue persists!
Best regards,
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url: http://i.imgur.com/hYSIBaB.jpg

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