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Be careful if you are using your macbook in your backpack!

bc008

bc008

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okay, i am in no way complaining, just thought i should warn some people ;)

I had my macbook in my backpack. the same place i store mechanical pencils. it turns out those little pieces of lead can stick to the magsafe plug. no biggie, but i was startled when my magsafe plug was crooked, and i looked to see like 8 teeny pieces of lead magnified to it. All it took was some rolled up tape and an eraser to erase the marks they left, but it was startling!

if you use your macbook in your backpack, try to leave the ports facing up. :)
 
bc008 said:
okay, i am in no way complaining, just thought i should warn some people ;)

I had my macbook in my backpack. the same place i store mechanical pencils. it turns out those little pieces of lead can stick to the magsafe plug. no biggie, but i was startled when my magsafe plug was crooked, and i looked to see like 8 teeny pieces of lead magnified to it. All it took was some rolled up tape and an eraser to erase the marks they left, but it was startling!

if you use your macbook in your backpack, try to leave the ports facing up. :)
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Okaaaay....Thanks??:D

Anything magnetic will attach to the MagSafe power port.
 
thanks! i use a northface backpack so to protect my macbook i wrap it in the plastic apple bag i got when i bought my macbook, then i put it in my bag.. when it rains i wrap it in 3 plastic bags first =D
 
youssefm said:
thanks! i use a northface backpack so to protect my macbook i wrap it in the plastic apple bag i got when i bought my macbook, then i put it in my bag.. when it rains i wrap it in 3 plastic bags first =D
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bc008 said:
haha, not the most important information, but it sucks having to get out, so i thought id tell people ;)
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Ya....it does suck having to pluck everything metal out of the power port....that is why i put some scotch tape over mine before I put it into my case. :D:D;);)
 
I don't have a sleeve for my Macbook but my backpack has a separate compartment for laptops. Never got lead in my Magsafe :eek:
 
What 3rd world country does the OP live in where they are still using LEAD for pencils?;)
 
skwij said:
Uhhh.....

Notebook sleeve? Faster than tape, and more protective.

Added bonus, no ***** can "attack" the MB.
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Sleeves are great, but they don't have enough pockets/compartments for all of my wonderful peripherals.:D
 
NT1440 said:
Sleeve goes on macbook, macbook goes in backpack, peripherals in backpack too.
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I'd rather use tape!! :D

I don't want to spend 30 some odd dollars on a sleeve just to prevent paperclips from attaching to my MagSafe port. Besides, it's one more thing to unzip and what am I going to do with the sleeve when I am using my MacBook. :)
 
Slowstick said:
I'd rather use tape!! :D

I don't want to spend 30 some odd dollars on a sleeve just to prevent paperclips from attaching to my MagSafe port. Besides, it's one more thing to unzip and what am I going to do with the sleeve when I am using my MacBook. :)
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Sleeves also protect from other things as well, like scratching, and in case of spills elsewhere in your backpack theres at least a LITTLE protection.
 
It's obviously a misnomer for the graphite sticks that go into mechanical pencils, but I am guilty of calling it lead. :cool: If I asked a friend if he had any extra graphite for my pencil I think I'd get a strange look ;)
 
bc008 said:
okay, i am in no way complaining, just thought i should warn some people ;)

I had my macbook in my backpack. the same place i store mechanical pencils. it turns out those little pieces of lead can stick to the magsafe plug. no biggie, but i was startled when my magsafe plug was crooked, and i looked to see like 8 teeny pieces of lead magnified to it. All it took was some rolled up tape and an eraser to erase the marks they left, but it was startling!

if you use your macbook in your backpack, try to leave the ports facing up. :)
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This is why you use a sleeve and THEN put it in your backpack.
 
I didn't use to have a sleeve when i had my Toshiba laptop, but my MB gets a well padded sleeve and a nice backpack with a laptop compartment... I just don't want to have scratches and dings on the MB from pencils or whatnot...
 
Yeah lol i thought of that, having the macbook in a backpack. A good sleeve to have would be a sleeve with the opening on the shorter side like an AppleSac. So the sleeve can stay in the backpack as a separate pocket thing.
 
NT1440 said:
What 3rd world country does the OP live in where they are still using LEAD for pencils?;)
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Pencils, since their invention in the sixteenth century, have used exclusively graphite, or pure carbon, which is not magnetic.

I have no idea why the pencil lead is allegedly sticking to the magsafe connector.
 
EricNau said:
Pencils, since their invention in the sixteenth century, have used exclusively graphite, or pure carbon, which is not magnetic.

I have no idea why the pencil lead is allegedly sticking to the magsafe connector.
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just about to say that.
 
Heimlich said:
Yeah lol i thought of that, having the macbook in a backpack. A good sleeve to have would be a sleeve with the opening on the shorter side like an AppleSac. So the sleeve can stay in the backpack as a separate pocket thing.
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I have a foof bag myself, but the idea is roughly the same. Vertical sleeves FTW! :)
 
Pencil lead is also known as graphite, I don't think graphite is magnetic though, so you are just as likely to get graphite in any of the ports, as well as the magsafe port.
 
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