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Keyboard cover for laptop?

  • 04-08-2008 5:57am
    #1
    Black Swan
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    I've used keyboard covers for my laptop for a couple of years, and once saved it from a coffee spill by some fool who splashed on it. But these pre-made covers are a bit expensive over time for a starving student, and wear out pretty fast with all my keyboarding for university, chats, emails, and surfing.

    I was wondering if any of you have used plastic wrap to cover your keyboard, the kind used to wrap food before refrigerating it? I spoke with one student engineer, who claimed that it might be cause for static electricity, which could be harmful to my screen? What say you?


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  • #2
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    effect of static on an LCD? Id have no idea. What was his Engineering discipline? I took a course on compter graphics and the only thing I can say about LCD is it works through electricity: im not even sure what effect a magnet has on it.

    Anyway cling-film sounds like a really fugly hack.. Dell USA lists their plastic pre-form covers for as little as $15. Its really not that much. Student-Trans: 2-3 drinks.


  • #3
    cormie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,844 ✭✭✭✭cormie


    I was in the market for this too (I'm always munching away at my laptop :o). but just be careful, I'm not sure if it's the same with all Dells, but the return key on the UK machines is bigger than the US machines, it's 2 lines high instead of one if you get me. All the silicone keyboard protectors seemed to be made for the US one :(

    I did find some "universal" ones, but I wouldn't be too confident of their fit.


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