[geeks] New Apple Laptops

[Mike Hebel]

Andrew Weiss wrote:
> I always had an idea of having a laptop in a rubber coated shock proof 
> casing with the motherboard floating loose with spongy material on the 
> inner side of the casing in fluorinert or similar.... and a sealed 
> membrane keyboard... A scuba laptop of sorts... maybe make it yellow 
> like those water resistant walkman radios of the late 80's early 90's.

Sounds like a good idea unfortunately I don't want to even think about 
what it would cost to build one.  We'd probably be approaching old 
Sparcbook prices. ;-)

>> Probably because, as a friend of mine found out when she dripped hers, 
>> Titanium in that particular alloy is more brittle than aluminum.

BTW - I meant dropped not dripped.

Mike Hebel