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Are Apple laptops still banned on planes?

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The title says it all really. I ask because I'm going to Amsterdam in about a week and I wanna take my MacBook so I dont get bored :D. This has probably been asked to death, but oh well.
 
Er... Lenovos also used sony batteries.. and untold other 3rd party-lesser known laptops too I bet. Were they banned as well?
 
Just Dell and Apple I think. Dell had exploding ones, and a massive recall. Apple wasnt so bad-no exploders, but the 2nd largest battery recall ever (after Dell :p).
 
What airline are you flying? I thought it was only Virgin Atlantic, Quantas, and Korean Air that banned them (Apple and Dell only), but I don't know if they've lifted the ban.

Edit: Here is Virgin Atlantic's current policy.

LAPTOP BATTERY RESTRICTIONS
Customers wishing to use an Apple, Dell or IBM laptop on board can only do so once the laptop battery serial number has been checked by a member of the Cabin Crew.

- If the battery is permitted for use, the laptop may be used as normal on board, with no further restrictions.

- If however the battery is identified as being from the affected batch as identified by Apple, Dell or IBM, the battery must be removed. In cabins where the seats are fitted with In Seat Power Supplies, leads/adapters will be offered. Where no ISPS is provided or no laptop leads/adapters are available, the use of these affected laptops is prohibited.

Any removed or spare batteries must be individually wrapped/protected and placed in your Carry On Baggage. This is limited to two batteries per passenger.

Virgin Atlantic is in communication with Apple, Dell and IBM. As soon as this safety issue is resolved these restrictions will be lifted.
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From what I've read about this notebooks weren't banned from airplanes they just wouldn't allow you to use them during the flight because all of the fires happened when they were on battery power or plugged in to recharge.

You should be okay but I definitely recommend you check your airline's website .
 
Lenovo and Toshiba have also recalled their batteries.

It's dumb if those aren't banned as well.

And anyway, your MB isn't part of the recall, only the PB and G4iBook were. Of course, if you take it and argue with them and they're stubborn (which they probably are) what will you do?
 
Open it up and see the look on their face when they see "MacBook" in big grey text under the screen :p!

EDIT: WildCowboy, I think I'm flying with Fly2 (cos its cheap :p), I'm off to check the website.

EDIT2: Sorry, its Jet2, Fly2 is waaay too expensive for us (its a charter private jet buisness)! I'm looking on their site, but its so pathetic its difficult to find anything between all the ads.
 
ChrisG said:
Open it up and see the look on their face when they see "MacBook" in big grey text under the screen :p!
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Na Na! Change the startup screen to a 'Dell' roasting on an open fire (Xmas scene?) :D
 
Lmao! Dells are so bad they dont even deserve to be burnt. Its just not worth the effort (not to mention the consumed souls inside :p)!
 
Sony needs to stay the **** out of batterys and DRM and everything else
and need to do the only thing they do well that is make displays

i havent heard of any sonys catching on fire

no i dont want a sony laptop or desktop with drm built in

no i dont want a sony dvd player that i cant play my burned dvd's on

no i dont want a sony home reciever thats cheaply made and underpowered and overated

the blu ray and their displays are the only things that are appealing and bluray is agood design too bad sony is going to put a choke hold on what you can do with it
 
They arnt that bad. All Sony stuff I have had has been good. Still no luck with Jet2's website, its utterly terrible and I have to go.
 
ChrisG said:
Still no luck with Jet2's website, its utterly terrible and I have to go.
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Give them a call and ask or shoot them an e-mail...I'd imagine you'll be fine, especially since you have a MacBook.
 
They were never banned in the UK so yes you can take it. The baggage restrictions now says that you can take a laptop bag aswell.
 
Ya, just like everyone else said, only a few airlines banned them. I take my Toshiba and Compaq laptops (Windows 3.1 and 98 respectivley) on Southwest Airlines all the time. Of course, that said, These laptops use differnt kinds of batteries.

It's kind of funny actually. Security Gaurds at the airport look at the laptops before handing them back to the owner. They take one look at the 2 inch thick Toshiba, look at me funny, then hand it back. It's kind of fun to throw people off with a 15 year old laptop.:D
 
Cassie said:
Ya, just like everyone else said, only a few airlines banned them. I take my Toshiba and Compaq laptops (Windows 3.1 and 98 respectivley) on Southwest Airlines all the time. Of course, that said, These laptops use differnt kinds of batteries.

It's kind of funny actually. Security Gaurds at the airport look at the laptops before handing them back to the owner. They take one look at the 2 inch thick Toshiba, look at me funny, then hand it back. It's kind of fun to throw people off with a 15 year old laptop.:D
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Windows 3.1 and 98 - Very funny Cassie.

2 Inch thick laptops, they still work? What do you do with these items, besides carry them thru Airport security? Is it fun to make tcpip try to work under 3.1 and use Netscape .9.01 beta?? Tell me what's the net look like??

Here's a joke from a PC Mag. article from 1992 for your Tos. Win. 3.1 brick when Airport Security demands that you turn it on to prove it works.

You must know the startup screen for Win. 3.1 in MS-DOS (autoexec.bat)

echo 'Arming Bomb'
echo 'Activating Bomb'
echo' Detonation 30 minutes After Take-Off'
 
I always travel with my iBook, last time a month ago. Nobody ever said anything.

At least BA, AA, KLM/Northwest are ok with it for sure.
 
Cube54 said:
Windows 3.1 and 98 - Very funny Cassie.

2 Inch thick laptops, they still work? What do you do with these items, besides carry them thru Airport security? Is it fun to make tcpip try to work under 3.1 and use Netscape .9.01 beta?? Tell me what's the net look like??

Here's a joke from a PC Mag. article from 1992 for your Tos. Win. 3.1 brick when Airport Security demands that you turn it on to prove it works.

You must know the startup screen for Win. 3.1 in MS-DOS (autoexec.bat)

echo 'Arming Bomb'
echo 'Activating Bomb'
echo' Detonation 30 minutes After Take-Off'
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Nah... too much just get a countdown widget and when they make you open the computer and turn it on hit F12 quickly... so all you have displaying is the countdown. better yet get one thats in binary/klingon/predator etc.
 
We flied recently on Continental and our 12" PB G4 (one of the affected models) was fine.

I never even knew they were being banned. :eek:
 
I'm glad the TSA never band laptops/electronical devices on contenental flights because I'm heading to Florida the 21st.

I didn't want to start a new thread and be flamed, so I thought I might as well ask here. What do I need to do at screening with my laptop/cell phone/iPod/DS? Can I leave my iBook sleeping and my phone on? Any other suggestions? Thanks guys.
 
zflauaus said:
What do I need to do at screening with my laptop/cell phone/iPod/DS? Can I leave my iBook sleeping and my phone on?
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Sure...go ahead and leave everything on. It'll all go through the x-ray machine. It used be that they'd make you turn your computer on after going through the x-ray machine if it was off in order to prove that it was a functional computer, but they don't do that anymore.
 
Leareth said:
Nah... too much just get a countdown widget and when they make you open the computer and turn it on hit F12 quickly... so all you have displaying is the countdown. better yet get one thats in binary/klingon/predator etc.
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that would be pretty funny
 
Cube54 said:
Windows 3.1 and 98 - Very funny Cassie.

2 Inch thick laptops, they still work? What do you do with these items, besides carry them thru Airport security? Is it fun to make tcpip try to work under 3.1 and use Netscape .9.01 beta?? Tell me what's the net look like??

Here's a joke from a PC Mag. article from 1992 for your Tos. Win. 3.1 brick when Airport Security demands that you turn it on to prove it works.

You must know the startup screen for Win. 3.1 in MS-DOS (autoexec.bat)

echo 'Arming Bomb'
echo 'Activating Bomb'
echo' Detonation 30 minutes After Take-Off'
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Nah, only the Toshiba is 2 inches thick. I mostly do old skool DOS gaming on it, and some word processing.

I just type in "win" on the C:\ prompt, and it boots into 3.1. But I don't know that much about DOS. :)

I did try to use the internet on it once. Only displayed text pages.It ONLY shows text. Plus, with 8 mb of RAM, you couldn't do much if it showed HTML or flash anyway.

Oh yeah, talk about loading times:D

That's why I bought the compaq. cheap ($45) had a decent battery life. I'm actually using it to type this right now.
 
Well I got back earlier today. Amsterdam is a lovley place. There were no problems with taking my MacBook, and I even managed to (the horror!) ¨sneek¨ (cough cough) a bottle of water through AirPort Security Schiphol! That can't be good! Thanks for all the replies guys and gals!
 
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