Ah so that's what I might be seeing or my eyes might still be goign nuts! lol!

Thanks for that info.
On Jun 8, 2010, at 3:46 AM, Michael Thurman wrote:

> don't forget the back light is still on. i verified this with my girlfriend 
> watching the apple logo in the lid of my macbook and with screen curtain on 
> you still can turn that  logo brighter or darker, so the backlight which uses 
> the energy is only turned off when you turn the brightness down all the way
> 
> On Jun 4, 2010, at 5:38 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> 
>> It will, but you  won't necessarily get privacy with the screen curtain on. 
>> you will still see a curser. what I do is lower the brightness to 0 percent 
>> with fn f1 or f1 depending on how my laptop  is set up then vo shft f11 to 
>> turn on the screen curtain.
>> 
>> S
>> On Jun 4, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Alfredo wrote:
>> 
>>> I currently have a laptop with jaws, and in order to save energy and
>>> prolong the life of the battery I dim the brightness to 1% of total
>>> when not pluged in.  I was reading that you can enable a screen
>>> curtain in Voice Over so to prevent others from seeing what you are
>>> doing.  This is great in itself, since it can protect your privacy,
>>> but I was wondering if this feature will also prolong the baterry life
>>> on a mac notebook.  If it does not, or if you guys do not know, is
>>> there a way to dim the brightness of the display in the mac OS to
>>> prolong the life of the battery inbetween charges?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> alfredo
>>> 
>>> PS I ahve a license unopened copy of ViewPlus AudioGraphing Calculator
>>> for sale, it cost 300 if bought fromt he company, I am selling mine
>>> for 250.  Send me an email if you are interested
>>> 
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