Do trackpoint mouse buttons or palmrest ever develop wear?

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bmfyxpp · #1 Post by **bmfyxpp** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:24 am

Wondering whether T4x users who have used their Thinkpads a lot over the past year or two noticed any wear on the mouse buttons or on the palmrest (the iBooks, for instance, are notorious for hideous gray stains).

Eagerly awaiting my T60 and wanting to know whether I should take some precautions to keep it looking pristine...

#2 Post by **GomJabbar** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:17 am

Kyocera wrote:Mouse buttons- bought a sack of them from ibm (6) , you should get a couple extra with your new machine, i did with both of mine.

I'm pretty sure Kyocera is referring to the red caps on the TrackPoint stick. There are 3 models that I am aware of; Classic Dome, Soft Rim, or Soft Dome. http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=18708

I have seen virtually no wear on the palmrest or (3) mouse buttons used with the TrackPoint (not to be confused with the caps mentioned above). The only thing that seems to show wear are the keyboard keys. The most used keys tend to get shiny after awhile.

NeoteriX · #3 Post by **NeoteriX** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:44 am

The little trackpoint nub - no
keyboard keys - yup
the palmrest - yup

Maybe my hands are rougher than GomJabbar's

edit: I'll qualify it though -- it just gets "shinier", so it's not as bad as the powerbooks, and you can only notice it on the thinkpad at certain angles that reflect the light right. It doesn't look too bad at all, but it's there

det922 · #4 Post by **det922** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:27 pm

actually when the touchpad gets worn it gets smoother and feels better,lol the lil trackpoint with the dots feels a lil different and keys are definatly worn esp the spacebar

davidspalding · #5 Post by **davidspalding** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:27 pm

The TrackPoint caps sure do get dirty (especially "soft dome"), and worn down, but I've yet to see a worn down TrackPoint button. What's to wear down and be discolored? They're black plastic.

bmfyxpp · #6 Post by **bmfyxpp** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:38 pm

The Trackpoint caps I can replace, so I'm not worried about it. The mouse buttons were a concern because the paint always wore off on my Dell and Toshiba laptops. Maybe I'm secreting acid...

Off to see a specialist about that...

#7 Post by **GomJabbar** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:07 pm

It could be worse........ http://www.farscapeworld.com/episodes/s ... /10106.php

#8 Post by **bill bolton** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:22 pm

bmfyxpp wrote:wear on the mouse buttons

After a couple of years of constant use the left mouse button on my T41 had a shiny black area on the othewise matt black surface (likewise the space bar). It certainly wasn't very noticeable close up, and from a metre away wasn't evident at all!

Cheers,

Bill

dr_st · #9 Post by **dr_st** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 4:48 am

The keys get shiny after a while.

Trackpoint caps also wear. My soft dome seems to be in very good condition (gets dirty every now and then), but I've seen some people whose soft dome has become very stiff and uncomfortable.

Currently the most annoying thing on my T42 is that the middle scroll button has gotten somewhat squeaky and feels just a tad more loose.

Do trackpoint mouse buttons or palmrest ever develop wear?

Do trackpoint mouse buttons or palmrest ever develop wear?

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