You can calibrate a laptop, just not very effectively.
There are two main factors really. One is all technical and, but has to do with technical limitations of the screens themselves. The other is fairly simple. The way a laptop display looks is dependent on the angle you look at it from. Even a small change in viewing angle will affect the way colors look to you. Just look at your laptop screen from the side or top to see the difference. Your screen won't always be open at the same angle every time and thus what you see will different at different times. That pretty much defeats the purpose of calibration.
An external monitor attached to a laptop will calibrate just fine.
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Originally Posted by Eberbachl
Excuse the question Jim, but why can't you calibrate a laptop screen?
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