Paddy Rossiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >Did you 2400s not get in on this?
> >
> > The 2400 has a magnesium "stiffener" across the back of the unit to
> > support the screen, and a very lightweight (metal coated plastic?)
> > frame around the sandwich of logic boards.
> >
>
>I doubt they would use magnesium, they use it in flares and incendentry
>bombs in WWII... so if it catches fire, or even gets hot-ish it explodes
>in a blinding flash, even a strip as big as your finger nail,so
>something as big as a powerbook ...bye bye hehehe
Magnesium burns very well, as you say.
However, it is quite hard to light. You need very high temperatures,
much higher than you would find in a PowerBook.
Aluminum burns very well, too.
That doesn't stop people from using it in cans, cars, boats, planes, etc.
-- Marshall
Marshall Clow Adobe Systems <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Freedom isn't being able to do what you like, it's allowing someone else
to do or say something you hate and supporting their right to do so.
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