> > > The PC arrived. I installed the cards and the drive, and voila, it wor= > ks! > > > > > > > care to share some pics ? > > What would you like me to take pictures of?
Apparently the miracle computer that can survive being shipping. :-) Either that or the hot babes at OSCON? Some packing tips: Boxes get dropped something like 10-30 feet at the sorting centers, by design. Loose packing, like styrofoam "peanuts" can migrate. There might not be any in the right spot when it lands. Assembled computers get shipped all the time, and most survive, so the heatsink mounting must be strong enough, at least on stock machines. I am told: >>>> Packaging computers is a complex science. Bubble wrap is useless for >>>> heavy objects like computers; it is springy, but it does not absorb >>>> impact energy. All those styrofoam inserts in the original box are >>>> the result of lots of mechanical CAD and modelling of impacts. The >>>> airlines don't ship home-packaged computers for precisely this reason. Some mail-order places (Newegg, Ewiz, Chief Value) ship disk drives in a plastic clamshell that doesn't look like it would help much. If you are lucky they then wrap it in a layer or two of bubble wrap. These ALWAYS arrive with a bunch of the bubbles popped and thus no padding left. Despite this, the disks have survived and pass incoming test. Zipzoomfly ships disks in a foam box, softer than styrofoam, that looks like it would be significantly better than the clamshell plus bubble wrap. Does anyone know of another mail-order place that does a reasonable job of packing fragile items like disks? Nothing against Zipzoomfly, it's just nice to have a choice. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
