the TSA is only going to care if it looks like your battery is actually C4 or something. if an explosive hunting dog doesn't alert on your laptop that's fine for the TSA.
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Some Airlines Banning All MacBook Pros From Checked Luggage and Preventing Use During Flights
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the TSA is only going to care if it looks like your battery is actually C4 or something. if an explosive hunting dog doesn't alert on your laptop that's fine for the TSA.
Steve's Moniker for Uninformed Trolls or otherwise Inept People he ran into like this Mr. Bawstun ... BOZOS!
Hey that has a ring to it! Bawstun's Bozos!
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Hey that has a ring to it! Bawstun's Bozos!
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Remember how much fun it was to make jokes at Samsung battery problems?
The Note 7 is the device that instituted this policy. It was literally written days after the Note 7 disaster. And it affects any devices with recalls on lithium batteries, not just MacBooks. This is only getting press because......Apple.
Well damn, even my 8yr old laptop is affected. I wish I could have seen the future when I bought it.
It sure was a PITA owning it.
I've been on the fence whether I should get a Windows or Mac laptop to replace it and the start of this banning is surely not in Mac favor.
It sure was a PITA owning it.
I've been on the fence whether I should get a Windows or Mac laptop to replace it and the start of this banning is surely not in Mac favor.
I have no problem with this rule. Being on a plane without people who can't sit still for a couple hours without their MacBook Pro open the whole time could be a refreshing experience.
I have never flown on an international airline that allowed you to carry batteries in check in luggage. Singapore. Qantas. Interjet. Fiji Airways. Cathay. Air New Zealand. China Airlines. Korean Air. All require batteries to be in your carry on.
So sell your shares. I bet I own a few more than you anyway. Just a guess.
I don’t need to speak for the shareholders. The stock’s performance since Cook took over speaks for itself and is why you still own shares. If you didn’t like the direction, you should sell and buy something you like better.
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Yes, read more of my posts. I was highly critical of their handling of Siri interactions and lack of transparency. I was also highly critical of previous software bugs and went so far to say Craig should be fired over the eavesdropping bug.
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-4-update-coming-today.2168857/#post-27074927
Nah, I am not particularly angry at Apple. I think anyone expressing "disappointment" or "surprise" at Apple doing the same naughty things as Google and Microsoft can't be genuine. Anyone who is privacy conscious and uses Apple products should be fully aware that they are dealing with a necessary evil - everything you do on Apple is going to be shared, no matter what people tell you. If people wan't their rights, they have to pay for them. In this case, through the inconvenience of not using Microsoft, Apple or Google products. It's doable but it requires the living of a double life in a technological sense.
Here in the states it does, depending on what airport or TSA agent you pass through.
Some make me take my belt off, some don’t.
Oh, definitely. How can Siri record anything if the Mac’s in the hold?
This article and all these responses should not even exist. The FAA does not allow lithium batteries over a certain capacity to be in checked baggage and that rules out most every laptop, iPad, etc.. They also don't allow e-cigs and many other battery-powered products in checked baggage.
The same holds true for most of the larger international airlines. Quantas, who is the focal airline of this article, does not allow any laptops, phones, etc.. in checked baggage anyway. So WTF is this all about?
What sort of mental midget would want to put their laptop in checked baggage anyway?
As for in-flight use, they're banning 15" MBP's and most airlines are only serving a notice that people are not allowed to use affected models. Which is probably sensible if there's a known risk. Even though small.
I travel a lot. Domestically within the US and internationally. This is more anti-Apple propaganda than anything.
As mentioned by a few others throughout this thread, I'm far more concerned with the e-cig/ vape products. Those things blow up in people's faces 1000X more often than phones or other devices. People use them on flights even though it's illegal on all US airlines and many others. So frustrating being all jet-lagged at 3:00AM with 2 hours left on a long flight to stumble into the lavatory and have to breath some other dude's vape. And all the flight crew can do about it is file a report unless they catch someone in the act (ie: the perp is careless enough to set off the smoke detector).
The same holds true for most of the larger international airlines. Quantas, who is the focal airline of this article, does not allow any laptops, phones, etc.. in checked baggage anyway. So WTF is this all about?
What sort of mental midget would want to put their laptop in checked baggage anyway?
As for in-flight use, they're banning 15" MBP's and most airlines are only serving a notice that people are not allowed to use affected models. Which is probably sensible if there's a known risk. Even though small.
I travel a lot. Domestically within the US and internationally. This is more anti-Apple propaganda than anything.
As mentioned by a few others throughout this thread, I'm far more concerned with the e-cig/ vape products. Those things blow up in people's faces 1000X more often than phones or other devices. People use them on flights even though it's illegal on all US airlines and many others. So frustrating being all jet-lagged at 3:00AM with 2 hours left on a long flight to stumble into the lavatory and have to breath some other dude's vape. And all the flight crew can do about it is file a report unless they catch someone in the act (ie: the perp is careless enough to set off the smoke detector).
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Also interesting one device (Note 7) was a complete disaster with a full recall of sold devices and ceasing all production of new devices within 2 months of it being released. The first recall was literally 2 weeks after release. It also had an outright ban on airlines.
The MacBook in question, meanwhile, has had a fraction of the number of incidents of the Note 7 and they’ve been in use for 2-4 years.
This is wrong. Most laptops can be checked in.
Also, Qantas is not allowing to use many laptops that have not been recalled in flight.
