While the connector is a good bet, I can't help but wonder it it's attached to a "chassis" inside. The Mac bottom comes off easily enough. I took it off to upgrade memory. I'm surprised Apple made it that easy.
73, Mike NF4L On 1/9/2012 5:37 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: > On 1/9/2012 2:00 PM, Mike wrote: >> How does one bond a flaptop? Most of the Win machines I've seen have a >> plastic case. >> My Macbook Pro has a metal case, but the screws that hold the bottom cover >> are tiny. > It can be hard to find metal. My laptop has a DB-15F for an external > monitor or projector on the side, and I get a chassis connection there > using a short screw in one of the two tie-down nuts. Seems to work fine. > > FWIW: Youngest son and family gave me the Steve Jobs biography for > Christmas. I'm about half way through, but far enough to understand > that Jobs very specifically intended that users not be able to take the > Mac apart, to the extent that they used some screws that required a > special tool. Don't know about the Macbook Pro, but if I had one, I > don't think I'd take the screws out. He was pretty paranoid about this > ... it might self-destruct. :-) > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 > - www.cqp.org > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
