Re: marks on laptop screens [was: What to buy?]

Richard Letts <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sat, 2 Apr 2005, Tobias Roth wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 01:26:35PM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> >
> > You must check the keyboard - LCD problem with Acers. I have seen some
> > Acers with ugly keyboard impressions on the LCD after only a few months
> > of usage.
>
> i don't think the marks can be avoided by other means, since the laptop
> shells are just too flexible these days. but the manufacturers should
> notify customers of that problem.

it's not actually an impression -- it's caused by the acid in the
sweat/oils from your fingertips etching the plastic. the [old] psion
handhelds suffered from this. I keep a piece of felt between the keyboard
and the screen to avoid this effect.

/RjL
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