Tiny dark dot in center of Screen

So far the only oddity I have come across is a tiny (less than millimeter in diameter) darkened, almost black dot in the center of the screen. It’s not a functional problem, but gets annoying when watching/editing media. Anyone have any thoughts on why the display is producing this?

Probably a dead or stuck pixel. You may be able to get it repaired or replaced. Do you have Apple Care?

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Ideally you need to boot from the disk as you have no other media advisable. (e.g your hard drive)
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