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Put down crazy "safety" features for your *Book here

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iSpud

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Jan 16, 2004
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How about an airbag that deploys at the instance of freefall to protect an iBook or Powerbook? Similar to the way the Mars Rovers land?

Just a funny thought thats nice to imagine.

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Originally posted by arogge
http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/tv.html

"It’s kind of like an airbag: Select ThinkPad notebooks come with IBM Active Protection System. It can sense a fall and brace for impact, helping to protect the hard drive from damage."
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thats really cool....however wont help you if your lcd breaks or your plastic case conponets or cpu or any othe rparts become damaged by the impace... in only protects the harddrive because it will make the harddrive date more easily recoverable ...which is good, but youve still lost the laptop.
 
Originally posted by arogge
These are some of the features that I want in a laptop:

Shock-resistance
Spill-resistance
Vibration-resistance
Dust-resistance

http://www.panasonic.com/computer/toughbook/design_features.asp
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Well closed 'Books are pretty shock resistant. There are plenty of stories of flying 'Book being ok after landing. The iBook HD is even enclosed in a rubber case to protect from shock/vibration.

My iBook also appears spill-proof as I once spilt beer over the keyboard (dooooh!). Rapid and calm reaction from me and everything is fine.
 
Originally posted by whocares
My iBook also appears spill-proof as I once spilt beer over the keyboard (dooooh!). Rapid and calm reaction from me and everything is fine.
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well thats one thing i really want my ibook to be..beer proof..
i hv spilled like 4-5 times on the keyboard..and evrytime i think i m dead this time:p
 
Originally posted by Counterfit
I keep mine 50' underground behind a 50' thick lead door, in between the Constitution and the BIll of Rights :D
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I take it you have an bluetooth keyboard and un-heard-of screen to use it? Jeez, that lead must be a pain for the bluetooth electromagnetic waves :p :p :p
 
Originally posted by zap23
hehe buddy,

radio waves ARE electromagnetic waves.. :p
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you beat me to it :eek:

I'm still for Capt Underpants idea of an idiot proof mechanism but PBook G5's solution seems a bit painful to me :p
 
Well...

All that sounds good but I've got a simple Kensington key lock on my 15" Al Pb in my dorm.

Does the trick for me.

The_Wall

PS
But all the stuff you guys mentioned does sound nice.
 
ive never spilt anything on my ibook but ive droped it from at least 5 foot and it still works.

whats the highist you've drops your book and had it survive?
 
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