[aclug-L] Re: traveling with a laptop computer

[John Phillips <jphillip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You have to demonstrate that the computer boots and runs.



On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, John Reinke wrote:

> My apologies for being slightly off-topic:
> 
> Has anyone taken a laptop on a commercial airliner? I'm curious about two
> things:
> 
> 1) Do you put it through the X-ray machine or have the security people look
> at it (to determine that it isn't a bomb or weapon)? Will putting it
> through the X-ray machine hurt anything?
> 
> 2) Do airlines allow you to use your computer while in flight?
> 
> I have a flight this weekend, and wanted to know what I would be getting
> into if I take it with me.
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> 
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