[X4U] Powerbook power button...

[Jim Colgate]

Ah, yes, I was concerned about that also. My old lumbard has a nice
impression of the keyboard that can be seen in certain lights on the screen.
So for my new (well it was new at one time) 15" ALPB I got an icover which
solves the problem and still lets me just close the screen to sleep the
machine. I don't remember where I got my cover, but the following link looks
something like it. Google found several sources for around $25.

     <http://www.acmemade.com/powerbook.html>

My 2 cents worth,

   Jim

> From: Stroller <MacMonster at myrealbox.com>
> Reply-To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user."
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> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 09:25:05 +0000
> To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user."
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> Subject: Re: [X4U] Powerbook power button...
> 
> As soon as I realised I forgot to mention this in my original posting,
> I wondered when it would come up - my Powerbook is a current model, so
> like yours it does sleep when the lid is closed.
> 
> Others will have noticed, however, the tendency that Powerbooks' keys
> have to come into contact with the screen, and transfer finger grease
> to the display. At certain angles & in certain lights you can clearly
> see a regular grid of dirty marks across the lower half of the screen &
> near the top another longer single mark from the trackpad-button.
> 
> As part of the packing when it arrived my Powerbook was supplied with a
> sheet of soft plastic between the keyboard & the screen and I have kept
> this and use it nearly all the time to minimise the transfer of dirt
> between them. Annoyingly, if I just slip it in there & close the lid,
> the plastic often bunches up near the hinge & causes the sheet to fail
> to sit properly, so I often have to reopen the lid slightly to
> reposition it. I just find it easier to sleep the Powerbook before
> putting the sheet in place.
> 
> Stroller.