Ibook LCD Dimensions

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Dirty Mac Monkey
Hey, I'm at work right now and wanted to cut a piece of mylar as a screen protector, but don't have it with me to measure the size. Anyone know where I could find it or measure for me? It's a 12.1"! Thanx!!!
 
Well, I don't have a Powerbook to measure, but if it's a 4:3 ratio screen, it's 9.68 by 7.26 inches, which is 24.59 by 18.44 cm.
 
Thanx bud, but I ended up doing it at home anyway. The measurement is 9.75x7.375in. Cut a piece of clear plastic like mylar with an extra 1/16 of an inch to wedge into the sides and it is a really nice fit. Don't ever buy those sheets from Macally the are like 3/16" too small and have a sticky edge that looks terrible stuck to a LCD. Make your own for sure!
 
Heh... I was close, though. You didn't give me the exact corner-to-corner length, which is why i was off a bit.
 
My experiment didn't work exactly as I thought it would. It doesn't stay in when you close the lid. Guess why they have glue on the Macally sheets. That still sucks though...
 
I have the 14" iBook, and I haven't had problems with marking on the screen... If anything, it's the oil from my hands getting on the palm rests in front of the keyboard.
 
I don't know if you wanna go this route, but when I cut my own overlays for my iBook, I just use two pieces ofclear Tessa packaging tape to adhere the overlay to the screen...it looks a little ghetto, but it holds.
 
Originally posted by mseydel
I don't know if you wanna go this route, but when I cut my own overlays for my iBook, I just use two pieces ofclear Tessa packaging tape to adhere the overlay to the screen...it looks a little ghetto, but it holds.
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That is pretty ghetto, but ghetto is usually the way to go.

-Isn't that like taking blue saran wrap to your car's headlights to give it that blue lighting effect. Rather than buying the little bit more priced blue bulb. :D
 
Or if you can get enough of that puddy-like stuff they use to stick product samples in magazines... LOL, that might not work too well!
 
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