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My X60s has a lot of dust and finger print on the LCD, how do you guys clean the screen and the keyboard ?

air compressor... cleans everything. I also blow the air through vent holes and pcmcia compartment... you can't imagine how much dust there is "inside" the computer.

I use a microfiber towel moistened with warm water which cleans the display very nicely with no chance of harming it. Then I use it on the keyboard and case.
For leaning out around the keyboard etc. I use the can of compressed air that is sold for cleaning cameras, and other sensitive equipment.
Finally, I do not eat or keep drinks near the computer which saves me from spilling or dropping crumbs into the keyboard or other areas.

meanwhile, i was thinking of pouring a mountain dew on my keyboard to test the drip-through feature...

lucas wrote:meanwhile, i was thinking of pouring a mountain dew on my keyboard to test the drip-through feature...

You get A full 10 POINTS.... thanks for the humor...

lucas wrote:meanwhile, i was thinking of pouring a mountain dew on my keyboard to test the drip-through feature...

You arent the only one that thought about it.

Mind you, the majority of electronic equipment sill survive getting submerged as long as it is OFF when you do so. (And by that I mean no batterys in there, nothing). However I seriously don't advice doing it unless you really do know what you are doing. ;D

archer6 wrote:I use a microfiber towel moistened with warm water which cleans the display very nicely with no chance of harming it. Then I use it on the keyboard and case.

You might want to be careful with the water you use. If your water supply has significant amount of minerals, those will be deposited on your screen/laptop when the water evaporates. Some people use distilled water to avoid deposits or a 50/50 solution of distillled water mixed with Isopropyl alcohol (rubbbing alcohol). Most office supply stores will sell you a cleaning fluid for LCDs that sometimes includes polymers of some sort that are supposedly better. Who knows.

let's bathe together with this little kit

gunston wrote:let's bathe together with this little kit

WTF?

For the LCD, I use a microfiber cloth and some sort of alcohol solution made for LCDs. After that, I clean the notebook cover and keyboard the same way.