nope!!! the opposite!

Do the newer ones have the troffer design that is not parabolic? Just the decoration things in there... I saw they replaced all the lights at the Target I usually go to (and applied for a job at) And at a lot of other targets too.

Well they're parabolic but more spread out and do a better job then a diffuser in my opinion, same light as the 4 lamp ones they had with the same 28W GE lamps

They look very similar to the old ones......but with 2 lamps.......this pic was taken DURING the changeover.......now they are ALL done

Here Target uses 5X F32T8 parabolic troffers.

Five parabolic fixtures or 5 lamps per fixture?

I saw a Target when it was partially chanced over like this...2 different fixture styles and different lamp colors (new looks like 3500k, old was 3000k)
Personally I think the original fixtures themselves were better looking, the replacements just look cheezy/cheap

To me, the replacement has a design like the older preheat fixtures of the past in some level

yeah I have to say the replacements are better
however I have seen 2 ballasts fail at my store already

It's not the fixture but the ballast

@ Felipe; sorry i worded that a little oddly. I meant 5 lamps to a fixture.

I have never seen a 5 lamp fixture! I've seen 6,8 and even 10

I never knew troffers came with any more than 4 lamps before seeing them.

@Jace the Gull/GullWhiz:
The new fixtures here look kinda like the generic parabolic ones they replaced....except that the 'parabolic'/cover thingie is all white plastic rather than the normal shiny/reflective stuff

I wonder If the new fixtures use F48T8/HO (44watt) lamps?
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I have seen 6-lamp troffers before (but they were old)
I also saw some 4'x4' 8-lamp troffers (again OLD stuff) at a mall/store that is now long gone..even as a kid I wanted one of those...

they use hi-lumen 32w GE startcoat lamps,along with high BF ballasts, some stores use the 28w apparently

Ick my school used the 28W lamps. The brand was something like Service Long Life or Life long Service...

@streetlight98
The F40T12 & F40T10 versions of "Service Long Life Guaranteed" (made by Philips I believe) seemed to be good lamps. I've never seen a T8 version.

@A_lights
I do like the brightness of those GE 32w Startcoat lamps.
Haven't used one, but I've heard some of the high BF F32T8 ballasts will even overdrive a bit (has a BF of a bit more than 1 )

Did you just say Bower Factor? or even "boyfriend"

LOL of those terms for 'BF' .. guess it could mean lots of things
In this case I was thinking 'Ballast Factor' - or how close it comes to driving the lamps at their rated wattage ...
I just googled 'Bower Factor' to see what'd come up ... guess there actually is such a term
Can be totally honest when saying never had a boyfriend LOL
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maybe BF could also be:
Black Friday
Best Friend
Bond Fire
...or probably a ton of others

BF could be bull frog