T420 DVD eject button - terrible placement; driving me insane

Every time I pick the laptop up or am laptopping in bed I am constantly hitting the DVD eject botton on the T420. This is my 10th ThinkPad over the years and have never had this problem.
I'd even prefer a blank to fill the slot or a battey option than have it the way it is now.
Is there a way to disable this button or be able to lock it with some kind of driver that can sis in the systray?
Can Lenovo give us a new optical drive?

Hmmm ... I think I gotta drop by a Think shop to test it for myself too
ColonelONeill, did the DVD rom eject when you hold the sides of the laptop? It does not "curve" in like the previous models?
//JameZ
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