From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Wed Apr 04 2001 - 00:51:35 EDT
X20 DOES have the soft paint, which i was told, was developed for the
thinkpads..
it IS prone to scratches, but the peeling thing was, i believe, due to bad
application..
760 series has the same paint and no peeling..
X21 is anyones guess..
MY guess is same paint..
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sylvestre Meininger" <sylme_at_free.fr>
To: "ThinkPad Mailing List" <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 1:45 PM
Subject: X20 palmrest
> >From pictures I've seen, the X20's palmrest seems to be painted with the
black coating that was used on the 770 or the
> early 600. Is that a fact ?
> If it is, I really don't understand why IBM chose to do it. With the A20 I
thought they had understood that the black coating is
> fine (although superfluous, fragile and VERY prone to stains, IMO) on the
cover, but certainly NOT on the palmrest, were it
> will gather grease from hands and dust in no time (if it doesn't peel off
like it did on so many 770s).
>
> Can anyone confirm that the X20's palmrest is drenched in the infamous
black coating ? How about the X21 ?
>
> sylvestre
>
>
>
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