tankbag's and laptops

snapperslappe... · Scooby Slapper Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Karma :

do they mix?

i realised that the laptop sits right next to the 8 magnets that hold the pack in place.

i know your not ment to put speakers next to tv sets because it buggers up the electron flow, and you can wipe tapes with strong bar magnets, so would the hard drive be affected??

mattish · Spanner Monkey Joined: 09 Aug 2005 Karma :

These days they are pretty well sheilded but I would still be worried about it.

Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

I would be as worried about it falling off, better stick it in a rucksack.
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Wafer_Thin_Ham · Super Spammer Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Karma :

Those magnets can wipe bank cards at the drop of a hat, so back pack if you can, best not to take the chance.
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Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

Why carry a lap top at all, they are so 2005. Get a 4 gig USB pen and just use an available PC at work and your own machine at home.
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Mark312 · Scooby Slapper Joined: 12 Oct 2006 Karma :

matthab · Crazy Courier Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Karma :

from an old post i replied to:

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Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

Baglux sell a tank bag designed for laptops.

https://www.alfa-pages.co.uk/TempPicture/LapTopBag.jpg

https://www.alfa-pages.co.uk/TempPicture/LapTopBagOpen.jpg

And a view for how it doesn't obscure the clocks

https://www.alfa-pages.co.uk/TempPicture/LapTopBagOn.jpg

All the best

Keith
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Liquorice · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Karma :

I tend not too put my laptop in the tank bag, mainly cos I'm not sure if it will fit. Whereas it fits nicely into my backpack!
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ColdInsomnia · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Jun 2006 Karma :

Hard drives are a type of magnetic storage, like floppy disks. They use magnets to change the data stored (1's and 0's if you like), and as such the data on them can be corrupted by any strong magnetic fields in their proximity.

Optical storage, such as CD's and DVD's use tiny little 'bumps' on the disks to store 1's and 0's and as it is a 'physical' way of storing data, if you like, they are immune to magnetic fields. The downside is that they're more expensive to create the technology that allows them to be re-written.

Just thought you might find it interesting.
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mr.z · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Karma :

Shame MO* disks never really took off :/

Theres plenty of tankbags on the market for plastic tanks that have nothing to do with magnets, have to clip them into place..

When ive taken mine on survey it goes in a backpack which then goes in my topbox..

In a slightly related note, i have a clunky old p3 laptop and got my girlfriend a nice new one at christmas, jeesearse its light! i couldn't believe it!

*ok your reading this on purpose so you only have yourself to blame.. MO discs are written with a laser and read with magnetic heads, so even with a pretty strong magnet they can't be corroupted, the only MO discs you'll tend to see now are minidiscs
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