ThinkLight in my eyes.

I have an IBM T40, I love the ThinkLight, it's just one of the many great features that will keep me with Lenovo. Anyway, I wish there was something that would just block the light to be so direct into your eye, I mean, it should be there only for the keyboard, is there any additional piece I can buy so it's still lighting the keyboard, but not my eyeballs?

 

x61's ThinkLight blocks out the main LED while focusing on the keyboard. I would suggest as a cheap solution to use electrical tape.

 

How about the new T61s?

 

The light doesn't shine in your face at all. It aims directly down at the keyboard.

 

Heh I just tested it, I would have to have the screen open almost all the way flat to have it shining in my eye.

 

lolz...same here
it doesn't shine directly to my eyes
but is there anyway to enhance that lil light?
I found it a bit too dim...


soda

 

The light is supposed to illuminate in darkness. It will be dim if you are not in an adequately dark environment.

 

yea but still it only effective if you dim the screen at least half or more...
lower than half will make my eyes not feeling good esp. under dark environment...


soda

 

You don't dim the screen, that's the point. You have to be in a dark room, that's the point of the ThinkLight.

 

if you don't dim the screen...isn't it so bright tho?
also so bright enough probably don't need thinklight...?


soda

 

You'd be surprised how little the LCD lights up the screen in darkness. You really have to angle the screen down to light up the keyboard. And I agree that you do need to dim the screen brightness in the dark because the surrounding darkness will amplify the screen brightness, which will lead to eye strain.

 

On the R61i the ThinkLight is designed to reflect down. I too think this is a real handy featre for a laptop.
If your staring at the screen in a dark room, when you go to type and look down at the keyboard it takes your eyes a few seconds to adjust (well mine do anyway) the ThinkLight stops that

 

I guess it's just the older ThinkPad's... but I don't want to upgrade, my ThinkPad is just SO good, but a new one would be nice too. T61... nice.

 

Use a small piece of gaffers tape to block some of the light and reflect it down. Gaffers tape works well because it's flexible, can be reapplied if you need to and leaves little residue.

 

Unless your screen is flexed all the way back till it is almost at 180 degrees, the light should not be shining in your eye...