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So, does the Keyboard leave marks on the screen when in a bag?

glen e said:
who the hell gets "scared"?
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For someone living in a country where Apple doesn't replace stuff just like that. If I were to say, have a few marks on my screen, the guys at the Apple Reseller here (yeah, no Apple Stores) would just try to blame the whole thing on me. Yeah, thanks for pointing out I could put a cloth between the screen and the case. As if I didn't read that already from so many posts. But since its a little cumbersome, I just wanted to check if its coz people just put their Airs with other stuff or does it occur even when you put it in a sleeve.

Assuming someone should react to a problem like you do is just plain ignorant.
 
anirudh said:
For someone living in a country where Apple doesn't replace stuff just like that. If I were to say, have a few marks on my screen, the guys at the Apple Reseller here (yeah, no Apple Stores) would just try to blame the whole thing on me. Yeah, thanks for pointing out I could put a cloth between the screen and the case. As if I didn't read that already from so many posts. But since its a little cumbersome, I just wanted to check if its coz people just put their Airs with other stuff or does it occur even when you put it in a sleeve.

Assuming someone should react to a problem like you do is just plain ignorant.
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then sell it....get a dell....
 
So very helpful! If you don't have anything worthwhile to say, save your time and don't reply to my question.
 
anirudh said:
For someone living in a country where Apple doesn't replace stuff just like that. If I were to say, have a few marks on my screen, the guys at the Apple Reseller here (yeah, no Apple Stores) would just try to blame the whole thing on me. Yeah, thanks for pointing out I could put a cloth between the screen and the case. As if I didn't read that already from so many posts. But since its a little cumbersome, I just wanted to check if its coz people just put their Airs with other stuff or does it occur even when you put it in a sleeve.

Assuming someone should react to a problem like you do is just plain ignorant.
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That's just it though, the only problem is applying a force to the entire top of the notebook. Stop doing that. Be cognizant of the very real danger to sensitive equipment in every day life.

"Doc, Whenever I drink coffee, I have this sharp, excruciating pain."
"Try to remember to remove the spoon from the cup before drinking."
 
Ok. Next time I go through customs in China or Russia I will be more careful while they take my bags from me to go search them out of my prescence. To come back on the bottom of the pile.

Elitist? No, just stating that I travel more than anyone you know. Back door elitist talking about your 15 mile bike ride, woohoo.

Well buddy, I don't own a car. Just a 1972 Peugeot 10 speed.
 
Robyr said:
I am still waiting on proof. Out side of misuse, I posit that it can NEVER damage the notebook. Don't compress your $1k+ machine? Or, better yet, since "bags get squished" be cognizant of your equipment. In any case, if you are compressing the Air in some way that the keyboard and trackpad bridge can touch, it is misuse. Plain and simple.

You are a truly odd person that thinks a 15 mile bike commute through all conditions is somehow easier on equipment than milling your self through a line at the airport. Also, my laptop and other equipment is strapped to a hard metal rack, not my relatively soft back. It would be the equivalent to you going through the airport is suppose..... if the airport was a cement mixer.

EDIT: I also like your attempt at being an elitist. I travel to some of the worst areas in southeast Asia regularly for security audits of new acquisitions. You don't know the half of travelling hard. The beach in Spain isn't some wonderfeat to reach, bud.
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Given the type of responses you have given, you are clearly a troll to be ignored.

Yes, I started the other thread, and it has happened to me on multiple occasions with Apple fixing my screen. It is certainly NOT misuse. The Apple Store Genius employee demonstrated to me that these screens flex VERY easily - the problem is just not apparent on other Macs because they are thicker, and has a layer of glass for protection. NORMAL usage can cause this flex. Due to the form factor, it only requires a 'little' flex for the screen to press on the trackpad bridge.
 
Well, after using it for 5 months now I got my own experience and found out that there is no reason for my initial doubts. I always carry the MBA in a sleeve which goes right into the laptop compartment of my Messenger Bag, which has a lot of books in it.
I can't see any marks (except some smudges ;) ) on my screen, so if people handle their mac with normal care, nothing bad should happen to it.

Guess this thread is answered. Thanks for your replies.

Eurosat
 
Oiled skin flakes and dust that falls on or between the keys will get on the display of a closed MBA that's been carried and shaken around. It can leave hard to clean imprints of the gaps between the keys and around the trackpad where this goop can accumulate. Shake the MBA keyboard out upside down before closing it to minimize this stuff. I use a light wipe of a micro-fiber auto polishing cloth to clean some of this up both before closing and after opening by MBA.

If you get any really hard dust in your area (even centuries old wind-blown microscopic volcanic dust), and it falls on top of the keycaps, this stuff can scratch the display of a closed MBA if squeezed (say under a pile of books in a book bag). If you get his kind of dust, you might want to put a sheet of clean paper over the keyboard before closing your MBA and putting it in a bag or under anything heavy.
 
No need to buy a protector...Apple ships ALL laptops with a form fit key protection piece o' cloth. I'm anal...run a business and we've got several Mac laptops. I've still got the key protect cloth from an '09 15".

When I travel, I use 'em... always figured there was a reason Apple packed 'em like this when shipping out

Never (in 7 years of owning Mac laptops) have I seen any type of 'key imprint'. Well over a dozen laptops...including 4 Airs. 2-2011, 1-2010, and an original. No issues and they go everywhere!

As always...ymmv

J
 
I have a pressure imprint of the area between the keyboard and the trackpad. My MBA has always been carried in a padded sleeve (I was worried about scrapes and scratches) and that is in a laptop padded pocket in a backpack when I travel. This MBA is really coddled but it still got pressure marks. I think the case tolerances are quite close so I suspect some MBAs will always get pressure marks - I might get some engineers blue and test that theory.

I don't get keymarks because I regularly clean the keyboard and screen.
 
sn424 said:
I have a pressure imprint of the area between the keyboard and the trackpad. My MBA has always been carried in a padded sleeve (I was worried about scrapes and scratches) and that is in a laptop padded pocket in a backpack when I travel. This MBA is really coddled but it still got pressure marks. I think the case tolerances are quite close so I suspect some MBAs will always get pressure marks - I might get some engineers blue and test that theory.

I don't get keymarks because I regularly clean the keyboard and screen.
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Do you regularly keep a cloth in between by chance? I am trying to determine if that makes all the difference.
 
firewood said:
Oiled skin flakes and dust that falls on or between the keys will get on the display of a closed MBA that's been carried and shaken around. It can leave hard to clean imprints of the gaps between the keys and around the trackpad where this goop can accumulate. Shake the MBA keyboard out upside down before closing it to minimize this stuff. I use a light wipe of a micro-fiber auto polishing cloth to clean some of this up both before closing and after opening by MBA.

If you get any really hard dust in your area (even centuries old wind-blown microscopic volcanic dust), and it falls on top of the keycaps, this stuff can scratch the display of a closed MBA if squeezed (say under a pile of books in a book bag). If you get his kind of dust, you might want to put a sheet of clean paper over the keyboard before closing your MBA and putting it in a bag or under anything heavy.
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Ahh, that makes sense. I have been sat here wondering how fairly soft plastic keys could scratch "glass". I didn't think about hard particulates getting between the 2.
 
minnus said:
Do you regularly keep a cloth in between by chance? I am trying to determine if that makes all the difference.
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I don't but I doubt it would make a difference. Is the cause of the pressure marks are clearance then a cloth is just going to reduce it even more. The only way I could see it work was if the cloth got between the rubber trim and the palmrests to stop the lip from completely closing.
 
sn424 said:
I don't but I doubt it would make a difference. Is the cause of the pressure marks are clearance then a cloth is just going to reduce it even more. The only way I could see it work was if the cloth got between the rubber trim and the palmrests to stop the lip from completely closing.
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You're right - as bad as it sounds, I was hoping you would say that you did keep a cloth in between - and prove that it does not provide protect. At this point, I am willing to gamble $20 to see if it does.
 
Most people have reported pressure marks from the area between the trackpad and the space bar. Does anyone have marks of any other area? Coz if not, then I am thinking even a small microfiber cloth (the one i got with my playbook) should be just fine.
 
I just ordered one of the Radtech covers directly from Radtech. Use the promo code 2PROMO10 to get 10% off.

Amazon has the 11" MBA with free shipping but not the 13" MBA.
 
TheRealDamager said:
This can happen if you carry the unit in a bag where it gets lots or pressure (books in a backpack for example). Some people recommend a keyboard cloth - you just lay it down before you close the unit.
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This. Throw in a ShaggyMac cloth to avoid the key imprint if you are worried. My 2010 13" air and my old ladies 2010 11" both got an imprint. Yeah, maybe it wipes right off but with these thin plastic screens I'm a little more concerned about scratching etc. The ShaggyMac can also be used to dust it off.

In my opinion there are allot of hypochondri(m)acs out there but this is a legitimate concern given the thinness and flexibility of the Air's screen.
 
Robyr said:
Is it really that big of a deal to just clean the screen? I mean seriously.

My MBA has never had any marks left on the screen. My MBP had them, but its simply from the oils on the keys. Wiped right away.

I am beginning to think that many Mac users are hypochondriacs.
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I think the OP is talking about embedded marks, not just marks you can clean off. Some laptops *cough* HP *cough* are pretty good at getting keys that cut in to the surface of the screen.
 
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