extraneous fn-key decals on x61t

[tarvoke]

so I'd noticed long ago that pgup has the thinklight decal (wtf?!), but only today I realized that f8 has the trackpoint/trackpad decal... double wtf??!? I know pennies in volume add up but this just seems silly. no wonder some of us prefer pre-lenovo.

on older machines, these sort of icons (not just the fn keys, I mean all they keys...) look much better applied and durable; on newer/lenovo type machines they look like somewhat poorly applied decals.

anyone tried removing them? what's a good solvent? I'll probably start with iso alcohol and consider harder stuff if that doesn't work.

...someday I'd like to stuff x6x guts into an x3x chassis...

[potatobean]

you're right about the F8 key. I have no clue why I need a short cut to my mouse properties but the PgUp key with the think light is correct. I have a thinklight that comes with my x61s, shouldnt you have one on a x61 tablet?

[proaudioguy]

The Tablet does not have a Thinklight. The silk screening is there, and the graphic comes up on the screen, but it always shows as OFF so apparently it knows it's not physically there.

[tarvoke]

yep, the tablet lid is packed too full of digitizer junk to allow the thinklight (I imagine)

it is quite amusing that they spent the effort to have a driver flash the thinklight-disabled osd, instead of just not putting the icon on pgup and not bothering with the driver. can that really be saving lenovo pennies in volume? guess so.