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Re:Thinkpad X62 by pilsetnieks on Monday September 18, 2017 @09:49AM (#15275872)
If your minimal travel keyboard is greasy and bacteria covered, I guarantee you your maximum depth mechanical keyboard is just as greasy and bacteria covered.
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Re:Thinkpad X62 by StudentStuff on Monday September 18, 2017 @10:09AM (#15276053)
Not if you have a slightly textured keyboard and clean it on occasion. Apple's dead flat plastic keys on their laptop and bluetooth keyboards are a perfect growth medium for bacteria, while also accreting oil much more readily.
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Re:Thinkpad X62 by always_good on Monday September 18, 2017 @11:18AM (#15276662)
What's anti-microbial about bumps?

In my experience it just creates more hard to clean grooves for bacteria and dirt. Not exactly a challenge for microbes.

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