Maybe I've just been lucky, then. None of us have had a problem. Good luck! Cheryl [email protected] wrote: > 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.