[dennis88]

Look here:
http://discussions.info.apple.com/We...hE.2@.599b0331

[PowerMatt]

If I push mine so that the rubber thingies touch the palm rests, I get oil marks on the display. I am happy about my gap.

[Bruck]

Is everyone's 15AL the same gap situation. If we all have the gap i won't bother to call to see if they can repair it.

[dennis88]

Originally posted by Bruck:
Is everyone's 15AL the same gap situation. If we all have the gap i won't bother to call to see if they can repair it.

All the new 15" powerbook's have that gap.
Like said in the link, it's there to protect the screen.

[machem]

Originally posted by dennis88:
All the new 15" powerbook's have that gap.
Like said in the link, it's there to protect the screen.

The funny thing about this is when you carry the PB, or put it in a sleeve.... it brings the screen and the keys back together. I'm trying out wildeepz and a keyboard cover to keep my screen pristine.

[Bruck]

I did not reailze this was on purpose, seems like a good idea but a bad side effect. When i carry it, it bobbles. Going to get a sfbags.com sleeve, assuming it wont click closed and open inthe sleeve, but stay put, then i wont mind.

Lou

[DUDE 007]

Ive been using the keyboard cover that came with the original packaging. It seems to work well and keeps the screen and keyboard seperated with a very thin layer of foam.

[chrisutley]

Originally posted by DUDE 007:
Ive been using the keyboard cover that came with the original packaging. It seems to work well and keeps the screen and keyboard seperated with a very thin layer of foam.

Just a word of advice on putting stuff in between the kybd and screen... I have a buddy that bought some leather thing for his TiBook. Some very small particle of something abrasive got in between the leather and display, wedged in there in his backpack and ended up scratching up the screen. Not bad scratches mind you, but obviously quite frustrating since that is what he was trying to prevent.

I've had kybd marks on my TiBook, but nothing that iKlear couldn't clean up. I would never put one of those things in my PowerBook, I just don't see anything but downside potential (albeit remote).

[Waveman]

Yes, the gap in a feature. But the gap was uneven (wider on one side) in the first PB I got.

[schk]

Just because someone posts what an store employee told them doesn't make it fact. If you've ever worked in retail, you would hear workers saying ridiculous things. The actual space between the screen and casing is supposed to be like that. If they were completely flush the screen and keyboard would touch. The little bumpers are there to keep the gap aligned properly and should be touching both sides when closed.

The actual warping of the screen resulting in higher gaps on one side compared to the other is not a feature and is a flaw. Either the hinge is slightly crooked or the screen casing is actually warped. The gap should be completely even across. 12" PB seem to have little to no warpage due to the much smaller size, but the 15" and 17" exhibit uneven gaps due to the manufacturing problems that creep in with larger screens. Having warped screens does nothing for "Impact resistance" like mentioned in that post. Apple wouldn't have product shots of all their laptops with clean straight lines if they were intended to be warped.

[beefstu01]

Sounds like the Microsoft theme...

*ahem* It's not a bug! It's a feature! Our programmers spent many hours working on that blue screen, trust me, it's there for a reason.

[djjava]

Save your screen from finger oils....

http://marware.com/keyboardcovers.html

available @ marware.com and your local apple store....

keeps the oils off your lcd, and provides some more cushion.