Two issues about macbook display

i have 2 questions for everyone of you... just to know the situation
1) does your display have, in the bottom horizontal line, a stripe more white than the rest?
2) does your display have darker corners?
please add if your macbook is CD or C2D, and if you know the week of production, monitor code and monitor productor...
thanks for the answer!

I'm not sure if this is what you mean:
does your display have, in the bottom horizontal line, a stripe more white than the rest?
The bottom line on my display indeed seems to be SLIGHTLY more bright, but it is not obvious when not TRYING to see it... I don't know what you mean with "a stripe" within a "horizontal line"? Are you sure it's not part of the background image? Where's the stripe within the line?
does your display have darker corners?
No. It does have a small non-used area on all sides, but the brightness of the screen is the same all over the display.
Again: ensure it's not your background image. You may want to hold down Ctrl and then zoom the display using two fingers on the trackpad.
Arjan.
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