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Article #6695Re: THE MAC LAPTOP and STacey
From: Ross Alexander
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1989 17:37
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1989 17:37
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Larry Rymal, Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252) writes: (speaking of the laptop Mac) >that the laptop uses the same plastic as that of motorcyle helmets. Maybe >so, but I could flex the case. It creaked and would squeak. It did not As a motorcyclist of long standing, I would have to say that this claim is nonsense. Many, many different plastics are used in mc helmets, with varying degrees of flexibility, strength, shatter resistance, hysteresis, and what have you. If they meant lexan, or one of the engineering thermosetting compounds, then my reaction is "Ho Hum". That's what your description sounds like. They are used in bottom-of-the-line stuff. Middle-of-the-line is usually fibreglass/expoxy; top-of-the-line is generally kevlar/expoxy, and can be very expensive (I paid $440 for my kevlar/epoxy full coverage hat). Ross
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!philmtl!atha!rwa From: rwa@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Ross Alexander) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: THE MAC LAPTOP and STacey Message-ID: <1297@atha.AthabascaU.CA> Date: 7 Dec 89 17:37:06 GMT References: <891201.08100897.017890@SFA.CP6> Organization: Athabasca University Lines: 16