Exactly. With the widespread availability of resources like Youtube, now Joe Schmoe can drown his expensive hardware for the whole world to see! Ugh...
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iBook Dipped in Bathtub full of water (Video)
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Exactly. With the widespread availability of resources like Youtube, now Joe Schmoe can drown his expensive hardware for the whole world to see! Ugh...
I was hoping that he had filled the bathtub with distilled water, and that the ibook would continue to function while submerged.
This comment scares me.
An iBook cannot function while submerged in water, distilled or not...its still water.
I've seen a video in the past where a computer was able to function underwater in a tub of deionized water, which is double-distilled water basically.
I would never do this to any computer I owned regardless. I pay too much money to take chances like that.
What an idiot. Some of my friends would be over the moon for a computer like that, most of them don't have the money to even think about buying a second hand Mac.
I hope that guy was disappointed with the result, it could have at least blown up in the idiot's face or something...
I hope that guy was disappointed with the result, it could have at least blown up in the idiot's face or something...
Weird...I didn't even think about it. I'm sitting here in Valencia, Spain right now at my in-laws for the summer. I was listening to the people talking not realizing that it -wasn't- English until about half way through the video. Then trying to figure out where the were...couldn't tell if they sounded Spanish or not because my little iBook doesn't go up very high in volume
BTW, El Corte Ingles is a bad ass department store here in Spain. Its kind of like Macy's, Von Maur, or Nordstrom. A lot of the store are way different than the States in terms of allowing returns. I don't know that El Corte Ingles will help him out, but we shall see. It seems like a shame to ruin a computer that works to test out their insurance policy.
joneSi
So you think that double distilling removes the conductive properties of water?
It'll lower the conductivity a whole lot. I thought that the conductive properties of water had nothing to do with the water but rather the ions dissolved in it. I'm not chemist but it seems like if deionized water was entirely deionized it wouldn't be able to conduct any electricty.
Isn't the air mildly conductive also? There's got to be a few ions floating around in it. I'd imagine if you could deionize the water to the point that it's conductivity was the same as air the laptop would work just fine.
Does their return policy cover deliberate acts like this? If a return policy is too liberal, the the retailer stands to lose a lot of money. Just think: anyone who bought merchandise there and decides for grins that they want it to be brand new again can just baptize their hardware, and then it's off to the store.
Oh wow yeah, look at that.
Someone flunked out of High School science.
Now if your going to do something stupid and destroy something that is $1000+, make sure you might learn something.
Someone flunked out of High School science.
Now if your going to do something stupid and destroy something that is $1000+, make sure you might learn something.
Yeah I thought that PURE water was not conductive at all but its the stuff in the water that made it?
Pure water has resistance of 18.2 megaOhms, at least the stuff we get out of our purifier here in the lab. We have Mac laptops and a supply of 18.2 water. Would you like me to try an experiment?
I think you mean 18.2 megaohm-cm. Watch those units
I know
I realised my mistake a bit later when the whole subject piqued my curiosity and I did a little research... ah well, I'm a biologist who abandoned physics some time ago!Besides conductivity, would there be any other reason water would kill electronics?
I know
Besides conductivity, would there be any other reason water would kill electronics?
I don't think the hard drive would appreciate it, since it's vented. That's why they don't submerge them when they do those oil-cooled pc rigs. Still, it would be interesting (although sad) to see if it would still survive. Maybe try it with something other than a pretty laptop
Meh boring video, at least the smash my ipod/xbox/wii/ps3/psp guys have some fun with their videos.
Or hell, he should have sent it off to the will it blend guys.
Or hell, he should have sent it off to the will it blend guys.
This isn't wasteland material.
What I found funny is total failure the second it hit water!
Nice one.
Ok, so let me be clear here...El Corte Ingles is -like- the stores that I mentioned. Even at those stores you can return a pair of warn out shoes that you bought from them, saying that you didn't like how they've held up (I know people who have done this, I am sad to say), but in Spain the retailers do -NOT- have a liberal return policy. It is a 15 day like it or leave it from ECI (El Corte Ingles), and that is WAY better than most. The typical Spaniard, well at least in Valencia, would have too much fun with a return policy similar to what we have in the States.
With that said Señor, this moron was going to see about their full coverage -insurance- that would be similar to an Applecare, though sold by the retailer to cover any and -all- damage (though I could assume that deliberate damage is excluded. I am half tempted to go to my nearest ECI (there are at least 10 in Valencia) and tell them about this. But what are the chances that
A. They would get the word out to other ECI's in Spain.
2. The person I would talk to would care.
D. I am going to get off my lazy a$$ and do it.
All don't have a very good possibility, the beach is REALLY nice in Valencia this time of year, so that COMPLETELY rules out D
I just keep thinking to myself that this re-tread is driving up the price of such accidental coverage by accidentally on purpose 'dropping' his iBook into a bathtub. What a butt-face.
spjoneSi
A. They would get the word out to other ECI's in Spain.
2. The person I would talk to would care.
D. I am going to get off my lazy a$$ and do it.
All don't have a very good possibility, the beach is REALLY nice in Valencia this time of year, so that COMPLETELY rules out D
spjoneSi
Well, I'm in Valencia too... and I've some spare time, lately...
One funny thing to do would be to put this video in full screen on one of the 24 inchers they have for demo... Maybe they'd care, then...
The only thing is, I hate this company (ECI), their policies (except for their insurances!) and their methods... so I'm gonna go to the beach too...
What are you doing here? Uni?
