[email protected] wrote: > This will be for a college student who will take it to classes and won't be > running PAF, at least now. Toshiba is the brand I remember but I can't find > the message in the PAF archives. > > One person I know was required to place her laptop in her checked luggage > for an international flight, and I'd like to have a laptop that could > withstand the kind of treatment that checked baggage endures. Our son carried IBM laptops through college, on flights home, and on numerous business trips afterwards. When he needed a technologically-better one, he sold his old ones to someone who didn't need more speed/power. He DID need to be able to turn it on at Security to prove it wasn't a bomb (even before 9/11) and the time it wouldn't power-on he ended up having to stow it in his carry-on and check that. OTOH, I've successfully carted fragile glassware (as in thin crystal) around, wrapped in socks and placed in the MIDDLE of the checked suitcase. N.B.: for college students, unless they are Comp-Sci majors in their final semesters, one or more generations down from leading-edge is better -- a brand-new, state-of-the-art laptop is likelier to "disappear" than a scarred year-before-last model. And, speaking from experience, carting a laptop into the library stacks or the ladies' room isn't as much fun the 3rd time as it sounds; I would imagine toting one into the men's room isn't much easier ... Cheryl -- There should be no attachments on this message, unless I specifically mentioned them above.

Thank for the input. You're lucky your glassware got there okay. When they inspect your luggage (and about half the time I fly I find a notice that they have done so when I arrive at my destination) they do not repack like you packed. Whatever you've protected by wrapping in clothing etc., is just tossed back in. A bottle of maple syrup, packed in clothing and in a plastic bag, was removed from the wrappings and leaked all over everything. What a mess. Lila ----- Original Message ----- From: "singhals" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 18 November, 2007 10:18 AM Subject: Re: [PAF-5] A rugged laptop > [email protected] wrote: > >> This will be for a college student who will take it to classes and won't >> be >> running PAF, at least now. Toshiba is the brand I remember but I can't >> find >> the message in the PAF archives. >> >> One person I know was required to place her laptop in her checked luggage >> for an international flight, and I'd like to have a laptop that could >> withstand the kind of treatment that checked baggage endures. > > Our son carried IBM laptops through college, on flights > home, and on numerous business trips afterwards. When he > needed a technologically-better one, he sold his old ones to > someone who didn't need more speed/power. He DID need to be > able to turn it on at Security to prove it wasn't a bomb > (even before 9/11) and the time it wouldn't power-on he > ended up having to stow it in his carry-on and check that. > > OTOH, I've successfully carted fragile glassware (as in thin > crystal) around, wrapped in socks and placed in the MIDDLE > of the checked suitcase. > > N.B.: for college students, unless they are Comp-Sci majors > in their final semesters, one or more generations down from > leading-edge is better -- a brand-new, state-of-the-art > laptop is likelier to "disappear" than a scarred > year-before-last model. And, speaking from experience, > carting a laptop into the library stacks or the ladies' room > isn't as much fun the 3rd time as it sounds; I would imagine > toting one into the men's room isn't much easier ... > > Cheryl > > > -- > There should be no attachments on this message, unless I > specifically mentioned them above. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >