Hi Nicolas, Nicolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I know it's a little off topic, but if you use > Debian on a laptop, you must be a little "geeky". I go to > work every day with my byke ane my laptop in a backpak. > It is a little hot and the laptop have a lots of stress > since my back is "round" while pedalling. I would like to > put my laptop (it's realy mine, not the cie one) in a > pannier (rear side bag for the byke), but I don't know if > it is good for the laptop. I live in Montreal and the > roads are better in Arfganistan after a US bombing... So > i'd like to know if any of you ever put a laptop in that > kind a byke and still have it (in working condition).
I've done this to three Laptops in a row, the first two about 10km daily for two years. The first one died a bit early, starting with the backlight after two years. But I think not because of this, other non-biked laptops of the same make (Medion 9888) also had similar problems. After that a Dell CPiA showed no noticable problems, gave it back to the institute a little more than a year ago. Now I have my own Thinkpad T30 that should be even more robust, but I have less occasion to bike with it, no problems either. There were also a few falls with no noticable problems. Generally I think that putting it inside a bag is not a problem, because the bag is not rigid and dampens vibrations. I wouldn't put a laptop directly on the carrier. Jürgen -- Jürgen Stuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.loria.fr/~stuber/ gnupg key fingerprint = 2767 CA3C 5680 58BA 9A91 23D9 BED6 9A7A AF9E 68B4 Please always send email only as plain text, not as HTML. HTML email will end up in a mailbox with hundreds of spam messages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
