Apple has settled out of court, for an undisclosed amount, a lawsuit over their claim that several of their LCD displays show millions of colors when they actually don't.

If you haven't heard, the displays in question (mostly the 20" iMac and MacBook displays) claim to show users millions of colors. In actuality, they are only capable of showing thousands of true colors and use a dithering process to simulate millions. While the average user never notices the difference, many users claim that the difference is quite apparent in certain situations.

A San Diego Superior Court clerk announced that the plaintiffs settled due to the fact that they couldn't find enough people to join them in the suit that felt they were "wronged" because the only reason they bought the Mac was for the millions of colors display.

Well duh! While I don't agree with Apple's tactics and marketing claims in this case, I have to say that this was sort of a B.S. case anyway. While the displays may show some signs of dithering in gradients and certain color situations, the average consumer would never notice the difference to begin with.

Given that Apple is one of the few high-profile tech companies actually doing well in this economy, I don't expect this will be the last frivolous lawsuit we see brought against Apple.