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I have seen some notebooks where the screen came in contact with the keyboard keys when it was in the closed position, leaving slight but noticeable marks on the screen. Is there a solution for this that I can purchase? Thanks.
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<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by eightone
if you're so sure it won't be then be my guest to use it to wipe off the screen. sure, there's tons of companies around trying to make a buck but no plasma television owner, no high end photographer and certainly no laptop owner with any sense is going to use a piece of felt to wipe clean the screen. is it just successful marketing? probably but if marketing convinced me to choose a sole laptop out of several hundred more, then i'm also convinced to spend 15 dollars and be assured the screen won't be scratched. i can tell you a thousand ways to be a cheap bastard [
] but why be cheap here?
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I don't want to be cheap here of course but just want to understand a little bit more why microfiber would really be so superior to a simple piece of felt. Attracting dust is both good and bad: microfiber is maybe scratch-free but microfiber + dust won't be anymore! On the other hand, I don't plan to use felt to wipe clean the screen, I want to use at as a keyboard cover to avoid keys contacting the screen when the lid is closed. I plan to use a film screen protector such as NuShield to really protect the screen. This is the same price as the microfiber cloth and is certainly MUCH more efficient at protecting the screen because if you need to wipe clean the screen, you're 100% sure you won't scratch it...not like a "dusty" microfiber cloth. I only need to investigate if the NuShield distort the display or induce too much glare but it seems that most users are highly satisfied.
Going cheap is not towards money. My main concern is to not go cheap towards quality and sometimes expensive items are not the best at all []
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Well, the screen is most subject to dust and smudges which I don't think are abrasive. Traditionally, felt is just matted/pressed down wool; nowadays synthetic fiber is probably used. I can't tell you for sure that felt is not abrasive.
If you are confidant that no rubbing will occur as the screen closes, you could be fine with just a piece of felt. I've read good things about the nushield but it's such a different piece of plastic than the one used for LCD's and I'm not convinced it would not alter viewing quality.
I like to go naked; I'd only use one if it was necessary ala PDA. I have a PDA with a screen cover and it's definitely different than without the screen but of course protection is so much more important on a PDA.
I will tell you this though, the nushield rests between the case cover and the screen. It's sorta wedged in there. I had a G2 screen protector that works the same and I still got dust between the screen and the screen protector.
It wasn't until I switched to a boxwave screen protector that uses the static cling did I have a completely dust free screen. I'm about 99% sure you're gonna get dust with the nushield but it will be a pain since you have to take the protector on and off. The more things you add, the more things you'll be concerned about. [|)]
PS. Don't take the "cheap" part personal (at least I don't think you did but just in case []) but no matter what, microfiber is many times less abrasive than felt. Even in a lying down position, my money's on the microfiber.
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<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by eightone
PS. Don't take the "cheap" part personal (at least I don't think you did but just in case []) but no matter what, microfiber is many times less abrasive than felt. Even in a lying down position, my money's on the microfiber.
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No problem eightone [] I think I'll order a custom fit microfiber cloth from ShaggyMac as soon as I receive my notebook just to be on the safe side. I won't probably get the NuShield now because it seems it makes the screen much more reflective....and I yet have a glossy screen so I don't want it to look as a mirror all the time! But I'm still "investigating" while waiting for the laptop to come.
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^ i would like m61376's question answered
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Just use 60 sandpaper to take a 1/16th of an inch off the top of your keyboard. Not like you need to see the letters anyway....
Felt will be fine. All you're trying to do is prevent direct pressure from the hard keys on your screen. Don't wipe the screen with it. If you need to wipe your screen, go to an optician and ask for glasses cloth (microfibre, but too small to be an effective keyboard cover). They usually give it to you free if you bug em. -
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mmm i already bought one from radtech
lol
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