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post #21 of 77
5/26/07 at 7:52pm
I disagree that its not dell's fault. I've been using many laptops for a long time, and the 9300 is the first to have any palm rest discolouration.
Evidently dell is using a crappy paint, not able to cope with a normal persons skin pH.

I guess you have to sort of treat it as a 'feature' of dell notebooks.
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post #22 of 77
5/26/07 at 8:04pm
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Originally Posted by megaphat
I disagree that its not dell's fault. I've been using many laptops for a long time, and the 9300 is the first to have any palm rest discolouration. Evidently dell is using a crappy paint, not able to cope with a normal persons skin pH. I guess you have to sort of treat it as a 'feature' of dell notebooks.
as I stated not ALL the blame can be laid on Dell. Lets see I have: (working laptops) 3- M1710's 1- XPS 2 1- E1405 1- 6000 1-1100 ___________________ 1 XPS Gen 1 (dead CPU) None of them have any any palm rest wear. My wife, son, and I have used them all extensively. The latest 1710 stays closed most of the time though with my current setup. I hardly ever hear of this issue. As I stated in my previous post there are solutions for prople with a PH level that is low/high
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post #23 of 77
5/26/07 at 9:29pm
Actually Solapathy is completely correct. An easy way to prevent this is to purchase a set of clear stickers and lay them over the palm areas I good set you could buy is say screen protectors for the DS lite and use each one for each side of the notebook or 2 PSP screen protectors. Generally sinc emost users are right handed the wear will be prevalent on the LEFT side only. Just by looking at that kind of wear I can assume the user has sweaty palms/wrists and rarely has his right hand on the palm.
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post #24 of 77
5/26/07 at 9:45pm
Yeah, the only thing I can complain about Dell laptops is the palmrest, as it tends to fade. Other than that, these laptops will surpass any other I have encountered.
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post #25 of 77
5/26/07 at 10:20pm
Solution for the OP's problem:

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post #26 of 77
5/26/07 at 10:21pm
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post #27 of 77
5/26/07 at 10:36pm
I also have have several different Dells amd owned dozens of them, Palm rest wear has always been a minor issue
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post #28 of 77
5/26/07 at 10:48pm
You could wear rubber doctors gloves actually, not sure if you'd want to tho..

They'd be better in dexterity than the ones posted above xD
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post #29 of 77
5/26/07 at 10:50pm
Just so I'm not classed in the group of "freaks" here I'd like to say I don't have sweaty palms...not at all. In fact, I have some of the coldest palms ever according to the ladies ^^. But I do recall a few gaming sessions where my hands were sweating and this was enough to wear mine down. It had nothing to do with regular use but only gaming.
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post #30 of 77
5/26/07 at 10:51pm
LOL. That must be a turn off for ladies.
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post #31 of 77
5/26/07 at 11:06pm
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Originally Posted by zzpulp
Just so I'm not classed in the group of "freaks" here I'd like to say I don't have sweaty palms...not at all. In fact, I have some of the coldest palms ever according to the ladies ^^. But I do recall a few gaming sessions where my hands were sweating and this was enough to wear mine down. It had nothing to do with regular use but only gaming.
A I stated before, it's not a matter of how much you sweat, it's a direct result of the PH of your sweat.
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post #32 of 77
5/26/07 at 11:45pm
Another thing I would like is a similar keyboard to the Macs. I hate it how these become greasy-looking overtime. Something more metallic would be sweet.
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post #33 of 77
5/26/07 at 11:45pm
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Originally Posted by SolApathy
A I stated before, it's not a matter of how much you sweat, it's a direct result of the PH of your sweat.
It would be awesome if someone could sweat hydrochloric acid
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post #34 of 77
5/27/07 at 12:10am
Yes sol...I was trying to get that point across with my post...I'm not some big sweating machine although from the looks of my old palmrest, I was running NaOH titrations at my desk.
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post #35 of 77
5/27/07 at 12:50am
I suggest you try washing your hands. That wear is from abrasive dirt trapped in your skin.
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post #36 of 77
5/27/07 at 1:05am
ah, it's a bit unfeasible to account for every genetic and dietetic condition of the customer base. I can't get my palms to sweat unless I'm deathly ill. However, the skin on my palms and fingertips is so rough I can sand the keys down to a glossy shine. Nothing I can really do about it so I just live with shiny smooth keys and shiny spots on my Palmrest. I'm sure that if I had a keyboard with painted keys the paint would be long gone after a few months of typing from my fingers.
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post #37 of 77
5/27/07 at 12:40pm
pdonket, stop breaking out your chemistry class facts.
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post #38 of 77
5/27/07 at 1:20pm
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Originally Posted by LifeVirusZERO
pdonket, stop breaking out your chemistry class facts.

Gotta love breakin' out the things that we never use in life man!
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post #39 of 77
5/27/07 at 11:56pm
i think you need to put some lotion on yours hands cause your calisist are probably like sand paper on the poor thing. i game on mine all the time, no problems here..and my 8600 held for about 2 year without wear.
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post #40 of 77
5/28/07 at 1:45am
i put a sticker over my palm rest. that did the trick. or as mentioned above, scotch tape
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