🚀 go-pugleaf

Larry Blische writes
> 
> I've transported my color slab to work twice and was wondering about how  
> wise this was.  Damage to the internal hard drive is what worries me. I also  
> wonder what NeXT's policy about this is, that is, is the drive able to take  
> the shocks and impacts that one would expect with this sort of handling?
> 
> My assumption is that the slabs are desktops NOT portables (make that  
> lugables!) and that I'm on my own when I transport it without the shipping  
> carton.
> 
> Any comments?

I carry my slab back and forth from home to the office (via Delta) every week.  So far,  
no problems.  The machine seems extremely robust.  I just use a generic soft case, and  
xray the thing every time (too much hassle to try to prove the thing's not a bomb, and I  
usually have about 60 seconds to make my flight).  

The one caveat with a soft case is the ethernet connection.  It's attached to the  
motherboard, and sticks out.  If you bounce it off of a something hard, you could really  
screw up the motherboard  :-)

Hard disk drives have come a long way in robustness in the last few years.  As long as  
it's turned off, the should be well parked over a non-used space (this is conjecture,  
could be wrong, I use the concept to support my abuse).

Chris

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