One good reason to remove it is that laptop fans pull air through the keyboard (and vents on the side) through the computer to cool it off. So while the iSkin shouldn't have any ill effects during "normal" use it might be dangerous to some system components if you leave it on while playing games, encoding video, or do other CPU intensive tasks for extended periods of time.

"The ProTouch keyboard protector I tested was for my MacBook Pro but it is also available for the MacBook, PowerBook, Apple Keyboard, and Apple Wireless Keyboard ..."

And has been available for the PowerBooks, iBooks and Mac keyboards for years.

I'm typing this on my iSkin-protected iBook G4, which spent all of 2004 with me in Iraq, home to the world's worst dust. The keyboard beneath my iSkin looks brand-new to this day.

Color me convinced.

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I'm typing this on my iSkin-protected iBook G4, which spent all of 2004 with me in Iraq, home to the world's worst dust. The keyboard beneath my iSkin looks brand-new to this day.

Color me convinced.

That's a great point, I will be sure to keep a monitor on the machine running temp when I have it on during high demand usage times. Thanks!

I use iSkin to keep dog and cat hair at bay, and it works very well for that. But to say that it doesn't affect typing is an overstatement.

Keyboards should all come stock outta the box skinned. No Exceptions. Yes they change the tactile response, but I'll gladly trade that for liquid resistance.

I support some Macs where this is an issue. Someone knocks over a beer and... .Someone views an "interesting" jpg and drools (it's happened) and... .

In the bad old days I'd grab a $3.00 Saratoga and carry on. Hell, half the time if you promptly disconnected and inverted it for a day or two all was well. USB changed that.

Skins are cool

While they do protect, i found the iSkin covers too thick to type on...

A friend turned me on to this company called KB Covers...they not only make protection covers that are thinner and feel nicer, but they also make tons of application shortcut covers.

I bought a clear one, but saw these guys at Photoshop World last week and tried a Photoshop cover...it was great.

I meant no endorsement of ANY manufacturer's product, only my firm belief that ALL keyboards should be liquid "resistant".

anyone have any input and insight into which is better? and what looks good/better?

i'm deciding between the sonic blue (frosted blue) or clear for the macbook pro 15-inch model...i will be eventually getting a black SPECK hardshell as well and am getting the marware protection pack...so with those 2 other accessories, what colour would look best? - clear or blue?

I really like the idea of the iSkin Pro Touch products, and own them, but I never use them. I simply can't type as fast with it on.

I'd also like to point out that the cooling through the keyboard thing is complete myth and there is no physical way that this can happen in any of the current notebooks sold by Apple.