Searching the Internet revealed that I am not the only victim of such "ghosting effect" display problems. Reports on Apple's Discussion Forums, a completely bullshit Apple Support solution, complaints on MacRumors, reports on AppleInsider, Extremetech, and a few YouTube videos too.
My journey has just begun. I took it to the nearest Apple authorised reseller (we don't have Apple stores in India) where I got a lecture on how my settings were not configured properly. They said there's no defect and it is all a result of my imagination and settings.
So here's some proof. I tried a test. I decided to get some inspiration from Steve Jobs' iconic photograph. After about 4 minutes of having his photo displayed in my browser, I invoke Expose to clear all the windows and reveal the desktop. And there you have it - the GHOST OF STEVE JOBS!
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| Steve Jobs on my Retina Display MBP |
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| Windows cleared but the Ghost of Steve Jobs still hangs around |
And finally, here's a video demonstrating this in action - direct link if you can't view it in your browser.
Dear Apple, you clearly let your top-of-the-line laptop display slip through some very poor quality control. What shall we do about this?
Note: I shall keep posting updates on this issue here on the "Ghost of Steve Jobs" blog. If you have encountered this problem, please help get the message across through Facebook, Twitter or any other social networks. If you have had any success in getting your display replaced, please also let me know via the comments page.
Oh, and the hardware specs. I finally found out how to obtain the display type. Mine is a "LP154WT1-SJA1". Run the following command in Terminal.app:
ioreg -lw0 | grep \"EDID\" | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6
Thank you.
