> Even my current macbook pro isn't that good outside.
There's a hack for that. Involves running a full screen transparent overlay which tricks the OS into letting you turn the screen brightness all the way up. Silly that it's necessary but works very well. I don't remember the name of the program.
Leaving the charger connected while doing this is a good idea, yes. Presumably the screen will die eventually, but maybe not if Apple spec'ed it sufficiently well. No hardware lasts forever anyway.
There's a hack for that. Involves running a full screen transparent overlay which tricks the OS into letting you turn the screen brightness all the way up. Silly that it's necessary but works very well. I don't remember the name of the program.