From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 2 18:20:29 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DA1F16A4CE for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 18:20:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from illuin.org (firewall.illuin.org [66.141.59.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3266343D2F for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 18:20:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from richard@illuin.org) Received: (qmail 5673 invoked by uid 1000); 2 Apr 2005 18:18:02 -0000 Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 12:18:02 -0600 (CST) From: Richard Letts X-X-Sender: richard@hobbiton.illuin.org To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050402083856.GA4303@droopy.unibe.ch> Message-ID: <20050402121604.W5664@hobbiton.illuin.org> References: <20050401102824.46249.qmail@web60004.mail.yahoo.com> <424E2D0B.9060909@pacific.net.sg> <20050402083856.GA4303@droopy.unibe.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: marks on laptop screens [was: What to buy?] X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 18:20:29 -0000 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