Travelling via air

Nope, it won't cause any damage. This gets asked quite a bit . What really confuses them is when you pull out 2 laptops, they get suspicious then.

BEN

 

Thank you for asking this question. This Saturday I will be flying with my powerbook for the first time. I was curious about the xray as I am very overprotective of my powerbook.

 

If you search the forums you will find other over protective people as well.

 

Whatever you do, keep your mac (and other electronic gizmos including flash drives and digital cameras) away from the magnetic sensors: the wands the guards like to wave at you, and the walkthrough magnetic detectors. That's what will cause the damage. Old school film should NOT go through the x-rays (even when loaded in a camera). Better to bring that through the magnetic sensor, or ask the guards to hand-check.

 

Whatever you do don't piss off the guys in uniforms. My Mom who is hard of hearing and likes to pretend she's stupid was having a tough time with the screeners so I was trying to help things along - a definite NO NO I guess - and while I was thus occupied, another guy grabbed my iBook and flung it across the counter and then when he couldn't figure out how to open it, he pried it open with a screwdriver.

I'm sure they don't realize how close they were to an international air incident.

Terrorist HAH!

Talk down to an old woman with a steel hip and use a screwdriver on an iBook and they're lucky the airport was still standing.

Seriously, if you respect them and keep it businesslike, they will respect your computer.

My Mom has been trained in how to deal with the security people - in other words, they are required to ask her permission before they feel up her nether regions and she shouldn't grouch at them unless she's prepared to buy me a new computer LOL

Margaret