My cat can damage my computer?

My cat walks on my keyboard and likes to invoke Command-F in many applications. It's probably not a wise idea to let the cat sit on the keyboard if, for no other reason, dander and hair may become lodged under the keys. But if he/she likes to do it, I don't know how you're going to keep him/here off unless you put an aluminum foil covering over the keyboard. Cat's do not like the feel of aluminum foil under them for some reason.

Good luck,

Clinton

My cat decided my keyboard made a great scratching post one time when I left my notebook open & unattended ... I returned, rounding the corner to see keys flying (and said cat in danger of losing all nine lives at once). From then on, I have never left it open where the cat can get to it.

Keys are mounted on springs, and designed to not be depressed forever. But the exposed gaps betwen the key edges and the internals (water dues to cat tipping over water), scratching-post accidents, and other things we have not even imagined here could all be very bad.

Bet to leave it closed when unattended and then the only surface is cold aluminum sheet.

Not really a good idea to have anything on the keyboard that's heavy.

Your keyboard are springloaded and might damage one of the springs making your keyboard stuck or not come back up.