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My laptop is nearly two years old. It has held up remarkably well; the main symptom of age is the presence of scuff marks on the screen.

It’s a symptom of Titanium Powerbooks — the screen housing is so thin, it can be compressed when packed in a briefcase, forcing the screen to rub against the keyboard. Any dust on either exacerbates the abrasion.

I tried to clean the marks off with Klear Screen products. The marks were more stubborn than I was. I assumed they were permanent.

But then I discovered ScreensavRz. I was at MacWorld Expo last January, and I caught the tail end of a product demo at the RadTech booth. The vendor claimed that most screen scuffs can be polished out with their “Optex™” cloth. The polishing cloth doubles as an insert to prevent future scuffing — just fold the laptop closed around it. The cloth rides between the keyboard and screen.

Today I finally took the time to test the vendor’s claim. I wiped down the screen with the supplied alcohol swab (hey, it’s this week’s theme) then rubbed vigorously with the polishing cloth. It worked! The keycap scuffs are gone. So are six months’ worth of spatter from reading online news at breakfast.

I’m so jaded by modern marketing (overpromise, underdeliver) that I felt compelled to write about it: here’s a product that actually does what the manufacturer claims. Kudos to RadTech. It’s no surprise they had a big crowd at their booth at the Expo.