Laptops on a Plane

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>hahaha, see, you can put a sam jackson reference here, but you'd be a hack.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Anyway, has anyone ever used the empower system or something similar for their laptops on long flights?&nbsp; I'm getting a new laptop specifically for an upcoming 11 hour plane flight + trip I'm taking, and I wanted to see if there was anything special or anything I needed to buy to protect my computer from frying.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Also, I'd like it if anyone had suggestions for a laptop.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And yes Tom, insert Apple logo here.&nbsp; kthanx.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[JPMNICK]

<p>you will be finue using empower, you can pick up the adapter at the airport duty free shop. BUt check to make sure your seat is going to have it because I thought only 1st and buisness class had it. Maybe on longer flights everyone does. </p><p>as for a laptop, I know people always shit on Dell but I have always had great success with them. I just got 2 new HP laptops from work, and they are both very very nice. I think you can find a really nice HP laptop for around 1000 bucks. Just make sure you get 1GB of ram</p>

[Bob Impact]

<p>THERE'S LAPTOPS ON THE MOTHAFUCKIN' PLANE!</p><p><img src="http://eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/xp/reuters_molt/1398397709.jpg" border="0" width="450" height="311" /></p><p>I couldn't resist.&nbsp;</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Bob Impact on 1-23-07 @ 7:51 PM</span>

[Fat_Sunny]

<p><font size="2">Fat's Biggest Laptop-On-A-Plane Frustration Is That He Likes To Set The Thing On The Tray Table In Front Of Him.&nbsp; The Problem Is That As Soon As The Bozo In The Seat In Front Of You Tilts&nbsp;His Seat Back, Your&nbsp;Cannot Open Your&nbsp;Laptop All The Way.&nbsp; If You Are Lucky Enough To Not Have Someone Next To You, You Can Use Their Table, And Just Turn The Laptop Sideways To&nbsp;Face You.</font></p><p><font size="2">This Space/Positioning Problem Is Not An Issue If You Are Lucky Enough To Be Flying First Class!</font>&nbsp;</p>

[Dudeman]

<strong>Fat_Sunny</strong> wrote:<br /><p><font size="2">Fat's Biggest Laptop-On-A-Plane Frustration Is That He Likes To Set The Thing On The Tray Table In Front Of Him.&nbsp; The Problem Is That As Soon As The Bozo In The Seat In Front Of You Tilts&nbsp;His Seat Back, Your&nbsp;Cannot Open Your&nbsp;Laptop All The Way.&nbsp; If You Are Lucky Enough To Not Have Someone Next To You, You Can Use Their Table, And Just Turn The Laptop Sideways To&nbsp;Face You.</font></p><p><font size="2">This Space/Positioning Problem Is Not An Issue If You Are Lucky Enough To Be Flying First Class!</font>&nbsp;</p><p>the problem is sitting in front of a person typing on their laptop- six hours of having someone tap on your chair.</p>

[Fat_Sunny]

<strong>Dudeman</strong> wrote:<br />the problem is sitting in front of a person typing on their laptop- six hours of having someone tap on your chair.<p><font size="2">Yes, That Could Be A Problem.&nbsp; But If You Have A Wireless Mouse And Are Just Playing Hearts Or FreeCell, Then There Is No Tapping Involved!</font></p>

[Snacks]

I love a lot of things about my gateway laptop so I would sa buy a gateway, but Dell does have great offers and you will save some $$$

[ThePointer]

<p><font size="2">Just be careful when you use the bluetooth technology</font></p><p>http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j288/thepointer/11650330882ONglc.jpg</p>

[SinA]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&lt;---- you know.</p>

[clownshoes]

i just got a sony vaio with 1gb of ram i love it

[Zorro]

<p><font size="2">I buy lenovo laptops. Love 'em. Particularly since they light, powerful and have a keyboard light. Perfect for flying or just dragging around. </font></p><p><font size="2">If you find an airline with laptop power in coach...let me know</font></p>

[DonInNC]

<strong>Dudeman</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;</p><p>the problem is sitting in front of a person typing on their laptop- six hours of having someone tap on your chair.</p><p>Or the middle-seater beside you with a&nbsp;laptop the size of a drive-in theater screen.</p>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<strong>Zorro</strong> wrote:<br /><p><font size="2">I buy lenovo laptops. Love 'em. Particularly since they light, powerful and have a keyboard light. Perfect for flying or just dragging around. </font></p><p><font size="2">If you find an airline with laptop power in coach...let me know</font></p><p>Continental's Long-range 767's have them in certain areas of the plane.&nbsp; According to seatguru.com, they will slowly be adding EmPower systems to a good portion of their planes as their livery comes in for major maintenance.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>I actually got embarassed watching Sin City on a plane because I was afraid other people could see it (remember, the movie starts with Goldie and Marv in bed)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I had to shut it down and watch Disney's &quot;The Rookie&quot; instead.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>