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I'm bumping this back up because I know someone out there has an answer... i mean this can't just be happening to me alone

yeah my friend's did this. he carries his around in a bag with all his books for school. his even has a keyboard imprint on the screen. not a big deal I'd say, as long as it still works. You could always get one of those silver touch-up markers.

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This should help out with the keyboard imprint on the screen.

http://www.radtech.us/Products/NotebookScreensavrz.aspx

My screen is still looking brand new.

Looks like a TI book.

My 1GHz PowerBook is a year 1/2 old and it's still mint. No key imprints, no corrosion, nothing, and it's used every day for 3, 4 and sometimes 8 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Yeah appears to me like a TiBook.

either way, having a powerbook as well. seems like apple  pays more attention to asthetics but ignores actual long term usage, and wear and tear. take the older powerbooks (pismo etc) those didnt have paint wearing off, case bending, you didnt have to worry about metal corrosion or "pitting" etc. i happened to like the black cases too.  now it doesnt make much sence to me a portable computer being so delicate. i love my pb but its so delicate . id rather trade asthetics for durability in a notebook.

Well; it's more delicate than plastic..

the powerbooks have had nubs since at least 2003 and the plastic is less durable than the metal i know this because during a drunken stupor my friend and I inadvertantly went head to head powerbook vs ibook his ibook cracked in several places shatering at the impact point and ruined the screen where mine had no more than a scratch.

I WOULD COMPARE IT TO SAY A 74 DUSTER vs 05 SPITFIRE

Digital wrote:

macfiend wrote:

either way, having a powerbook as well. seems like apple  pays more attention to asthetics but ignores actual long term usage, and wear and tear. take the older powerbooks (pismo etc) those didnt have paint wearing off, case bending, you didnt have to worry about metal corrosion or "pitting" etc. i happened to like the black cases too.  now it doesnt make much sence to me a portable computer being so delicate. i love my pb but its so delicate . id rather trade asthetics for durability in a notebook.

Delicate!? I hardly think aircraft grade aluminium is delicate.

really? first you do have a AL powerbook right? if so

1st. get a any dell, sony, compaq, etc pc notebook of your choice made of the basic plastic)

2nd. get your powerbook and take it in your hands on the edges and attempt to bend it.

3rd. attempt to do the same to the PC.

( you wouldnt dare try it on your powerbook because you know damn well that your "aircraft grade aluminum" will most definately  bend.)

besides where do you get the idea that the aluminum is "aircraft grade"?  ive never read anything about that? also, what does aircraft grade mean? i would think that just because you say its "aircraft grade" does that mean its good to make computer cases out of? does that mean its a good material to make something that you dont want bending or warping out of something that basically is made to be plyable and bendable. look at the outer skin of an airplane, that is definately bendable, the skin wraps around the frame right?

what if it was made out of rubber and i told you it was "goodyear grade" would that make a difference to you about what a computer case was made of?