Is carrying laptop to places hazardous to laptp's health?

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Hi,

I am buying a new laptop, an IBM R51. I don't travel a lot, but two three
times a year and plan to take it with me. Also plan to take it with me to
the office often or to coffee shops or to friends house. I have some
questions carrying the laptop.

I saw a friend of mine carrying his laptop on a regular backpack. He had
books and his laptop in his backpack. He laid down his backpack with the
laptop on the bottom and these heavy books on the top. I was kind of
shocked, thinking it will break the screen with all the books on top of the
laptop. He said it never happened. I think he has some kind of cheap dell
laptop, I would say. Is this an issue? It goes for even regular laptop
shoulder bags, if you lay it on its side, and there are books around it,
would not the book crush the laptop. It is made out of plastic, I am
wondering how tuff this plastic is when it comes to putting pressure on it.

Number two question - if I am on travel, and it is 100 degrees outside, and
I leave the laptop in the trunk of my car, will it melt? There are times I
may check out of an hotel in the morning and keep things in my car while I
drive around on my vacation. All my luggage will be in back of the car as I
go hiking or something for the day. Is this an issue?

I really don't want to start a war about getting a rugged laptop like T41 or
some others. This goes for just about any laptop that people travel with,
and I am sure not everyone has ruggedized version of all the laptops.

Thanks for your help and opinion!

-Monaz

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news.ev1.net wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am buying a new laptop, an IBM R51. I don't travel a lot, but two three
> times a year and plan to take it with me. Also plan to take it with me to
> the office often or to coffee shops or to friends house. I have some
> questions carrying the laptop.
>
> I saw a friend of mine carrying his laptop on a regular backpack. He had
> books and his laptop in his backpack. He laid down his backpack with the
> laptop on the bottom and these heavy books on the top. I was kind of
> shocked, thinking it will break the screen with all the books on top of the
> laptop. He said it never happened.

Could just be that he's been lucky... so far.



> I think he has some kind of cheap dell
> laptop, I would say. Is this an issue? It goes for even regular laptop
> shoulder bags, if you lay it on its side, and there are books around it,
> would not the book crush the laptop. It is made out of plastic, I am
> wondering how tuff this plastic is when it comes to putting pressure on it.
>
> Number two question - if I am on travel, and it is 100 degrees outside, and
> I leave the laptop in the trunk of my car, will it melt? There are times I
> may check out of an hotel in the morning and keep things in my car while I
> drive around on my vacation. All my luggage will be in back of the car as I
> go hiking or something for the day. Is this an issue?
>
> I really don't want to start a war about getting a rugged laptop like T41 or
> some others. This goes for just about any laptop that people travel with,
> and I am sure not everyone has ruggedized version of all the laptops.
>
> Thanks for your help and opinion!
>
> -Monaz
>

A laptop is a laptop is a laptop... So unless you invest in a Panasonic
Toughbook, I suggest you treat it as such.

Check any laptop User's Manual--you're bound to see an entire chapter on
how to treat (and how NOT to treat) a laptop.

Just because your friends treat theirs a certain way (w/o any *apparent*
damage) doesn't make it "right".



>

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

My idea is that the best security is keeping it with you as much as
possible. Get as light a model as possible, then work on a packing
strategy. I try to carry my laptop in a small lightweight bag with very
little else. I use a Centrino which gets about 3 hrs + run time, but with
the power saving options set to tight tolerances, will get me through most
days. I keep my other gear (mouse, cables, power supply, books, CD's,
daytimer, etc) in a separate bag. That bag can stay in the trunk of my car,
or in a client's office or in a hotel room, while the computer in the
"skinny" bag stays with me where ever I go, unless I lock it up somewhere.
The 2 bag strategy will also keep you from piling books, etc. on top of it.

"news.ev1.net" <mfaruque@ev1.net> wrote in message
news:10ffls0h7p6nt1d@corp.supernews.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am buying a new laptop, an IBM R51. I don't travel a lot, but two three
> times a year and plan to take it with me. Also plan to take it with me to
> the office often or to coffee shops or to friends house. I have some
> questions carrying the laptop.
>
> I saw a friend of mine carrying his laptop on a regular backpack. He had
> books and his laptop in his backpack. He laid down his backpack with the
> laptop on the bottom and these heavy books on the top. I was kind of
> shocked, thinking it will break the screen with all the books on top of
the
> laptop. He said it never happened. I think he has some kind of cheap
dell
> laptop, I would say. Is this an issue? It goes for even regular laptop
> shoulder bags, if you lay it on its side, and there are books around it,
> would not the book crush the laptop. It is made out of plastic, I am
> wondering how tuff this plastic is when it comes to putting pressure on
it.
>
> Number two question - if I am on travel, and it is 100 degrees outside,
and
> I leave the laptop in the trunk of my car, will it melt? There are times
I
> may check out of an hotel in the morning and keep things in my car while I
> drive around on my vacation. All my luggage will be in back of the car as
I
> go hiking or something for the day. Is this an issue?
>
> I really don't want to start a war about getting a rugged laptop like T41
or
> some others. This goes for just about any laptop that people travel with,
> and I am sure not everyone has ruggedized version of all the laptops.
>
> Thanks for your help and opinion!
>
> -Monaz
>
>