[quote]Originally posted by Ji Eun:
IF it hadn't been covered under warranty last time and apple charged me $250 for a new keyboard[/QUOTE
WHAT!!
A laptop keyboard is worth a te…
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Originally posted by the_snitch:
Buy one of those clear rubber keyboard covers iskin make.
There called the protouch PB (i think). www.iskin.com
Would usi…
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Originally posted by Gabriel Morales:
Would using a cover prevent this? After all, the key is still making contact with the cover. Couldn't it possibly rub off th…
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Originally posted by the_snitch:
Buy one of those clear rubber keyboard covers iskin make.
There called the protouch PB (i think). www.iskin.com
seems lik…
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Originally posted by T. Diddy:
no, it's not sandpaper, but made out of silicone, very soft and pliable. you might be thinking of those cheaper plastic-like shield…
i'd rather have a keyboard that didn't need replacing after 3 or 4 months than yet another doodad. if i were working on a boat i may get the iskin, but otherwise no thank you.
We're on Keyboard four on my wife's G4 800MHz iBook... I've no gotten to the point where every 70-80 days I take it back to our local Apple Store and ask when Apple is really going…
I posted waaay back in this thread that I'd never had this problem with my iBook G3 or iBook G4. It is starting to happen to my iBook G4 800, and I've only owned it half as long.
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I'm glad to hear that Apple is replacing keyboards under warranty. Many of the keys on my iBook G4 1GHz have worn (nearly) off. I suspect it's cheaper for Apple to replace a few …
Some people's body chemistry is such that it weakens the paint off the keys just enough that typing can knock the paint off. I've seen a woman go through a keyboard every couple mo…
Sounds like a plausible reason for the wear, but I've never worn a keyboard on any other PC I've ever used... I've got a keyboard here right now that's 8+ years old. It's dirty a…
Yikes This isnt like live journal where I can delete the whole thing and click submit and it deletes the post. Well sorry I wrote the post 2 times. I said I was covered under apple…
I had my laptop not even a month and the keys started to disappear on my g4ibook. Being under warranty I took the laptop in and had 3 keys replaced. My N key was the worst of all k…
I'm on keyboard #2. The first one lasted almost a year before ink started to flake away, and the second one just a few months. The S is completely gone again. Being a touch typist …
i use the iskin, just got it recently. I have a few issues with it that I posted in a thread in the Peripherals forum. But overall it does the job great. Within 3 days I could s…
Just want to say thanks for this helpful thread. I got my second iBook the end of April 2005. Within a week the R E N were going and completely gone in another week
I never had…
I just got back from a no joy attempt to get keyboard #6 from Apple through my local Apple Store Genius Bar. The keyboard is 88 days old on my wife's out of warranty 12" iBook G4. …
Hi...
I too have problems with my keyboard...and ive only just gotten my iBook for 2 months!!!
anyhow...what im more concerned about are oil or shiny marks on the keyboard...espe…
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Originally posted by olePigeon:
*bump*
Anyone have it? So far people have only been able to give me the dead link.
I had it when I made my first reply h…