[stoneage]

Just got a new iBook, and was wondering the best way to keep the screen clean. I use a soft cloth between the keyboard and lid.

[polendo]

I believe that your user´s manual tell how to. I personally use a clean soft cloth with very very little water on it and clean it. Meantime I use those like sweeping things that are sold in Office Depot to remove fine dust.

regards

[ghporter]

Unlike CRTs, LCD displays simply get a bit dusty (disregarding what happens to anything exposed to smoke), so all you usually need to do is lightly remove the dust-a slightly damp, lint-free cloth is perfect for this (cloth diapers, anyone?). CRTs attract dust electrostatically-it's because of how they work-so you need to work harder at removing the dust.

Smoke, especially cigarette smoke, is somewhat sticky, and leaves a film that both darkens with time and attracts/adheres dust. It often takes a fairly serious solvent-based cleaner to get this stuff off, and such products are not very gentle on the plastic coating of an LCD display. As a rule, it's good to keep smoke away from any computer, but since LCDs are less physically sturdy than CRTs, it's particularly important not to let them get coated in this gunk. Better yet, don't expose them to it at all.<</end of anti-smoking rant>>

[ginoledesma]

Products like the Radtech ScreenSavrz are quite effective, although they tend to be dust magnets the longer they are used. Some friends of mine use transparent film protectors (Japanese site), though I notice they're very hard to install correctly (no bubbles) and they seem to introduce glare at times.

Myself, I use a 3M Scotch Brite dusting cloth. Works very well.