[RBASE-L] - RE: Off topic - laptop safety

[Javier Valencia]

Karen: I am sure it is pretty safe. I used to have a laptop (NEC) that was part of piece of testing equipment mounted on the front bumper of a large truck, and we used to drive the truck all over a dry lake bed in the Mojave desert (Edwards Air Force Base)…never had a failure…of course we only had floppies back then. The new version of this testing machine is inside a large van and still pretty bumpy and extremely dusty and I have yet to have a problem with the hard disk in the laptop (Toshiba) in the last 7 years. Javier,   Javier Valencia, PE President Valencia Technology Group, L.L.C. 14315 S. Twilight Ln, Suite #14 Olathe, Kansas 66962-4578 Office (913)829-0888 Fax (913)649-2904 Cell (913)915-3137   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 9:55 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Off topic - laptop safety   Is it dangerous to be doing work on a laptop when you are in a bumpy vehicle?  On our travels to the truck pulls, I used to be able to do work on the laptop when we were driving a pickup truck.  But now that we have 'upgraded' to a freightliner, I'm wondering if that rough-riding son of a b* could damage my laptop's hard drive. Speaking of, anyone here remember when we were told to 'park' the hard drives of our computers before turning them off?   I remember the park.com program. Ask a young person about that one.... Karen