Re: marks on laptop screens [was: What to buy?]
Richard Letts <[email protected]>
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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 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"