Anyone know the rules on taking Laptops on a plane?

Phate · 23 Oct 2008 at 12:45

Aod said:
if you're on BA and in world-traveller, you're out of luck

if you're in world-traveller-plus (premium-economy) then there's a good chance that you'll have the little round laptop power-ports.

As far as I know it's economy...will have to check later (I didn't book the flights) - I'll take the charger with me anyway, just incase.

Royal Fleet · 23 Oct 2008 at 12:48

As I mentioned I went through Terminal 5 the other week. I was travelling hand luggage only so it made it easier still, but it did seem to be very few queues anywhere (certainly better then Gatwick North which I went through last week).

I was parked in the Short stay as it was only two days, and coming back I was plane to car in 10mins.

Going through Terminal 5 I had a meal in Wagamamas which was excellent and got a good deal on a new DSLR at Dixons Tax free. Job's a good'un!

Beansprout · 23 Oct 2008 at 12:49

99% sure BA cattle doesn't have laptop power. I think it's mainly the American carries who do - eg Continental have laptop power in the first 17 rows or so on most planes.

ScarySquirrel · 23 Oct 2008 at 12:51

If you can't charge it, how will your laptop charge last 9 hours?

Jambo · 23 Oct 2008 at 12:52

simulatorman said:
You don’t even have to take it out of its bag anymore.

I did a few weeks ago.

Phate · 23 Oct 2008 at 12:52

Sounds good. Just found out we are world traveller....bah

Ah well....lets see if I can squeeze 9hrs out of the MacBook

Phate · 23 Oct 2008 at 12:53

ScarySquirrel said:
If you can't charge it, how will your laptop charge last 9 hours?

Brightness downt to lowest level, keyboard lights off, bluetooth off, wifi off....oh there are ways

Jambo · 23 Oct 2008 at 12:53

Phate said:
Sounds good. Just found out we are world traveller....bah

Ah well....lets see if I can squeeze 9hrs out of the MacBook

How what have you done to it? Mine lasts about 2 hours especially if the old fan kicks in. How long is it supposed to last?

ScarySquirrel · 23 Oct 2008 at 12:53

Phate said:
Brightness downt to lowest level, keyboard lights off, bluetooth off, wifi off....oh there are ways

What can you do on a Mac without the internet?

dun · 23 Oct 2008 at 12:56

ScarySquirrel said:
If you can't charge it, how will your laptop charge last 9 hours?

It won't

At least it will keep you entertained for a while.

Aod · 23 Oct 2008 at 12:58

ScarySquirrel said:
What can you do on a Mac without the internet?

watch DVD's?
play that new "photoshop" game?

Jambo · 23 Oct 2008 at 13:00

Aod said:
watch DVD's?
play that new "photoshop" game?

= kill the battery

GarethDW · 23 Oct 2008 at 13:00

ScarySquirrel said:
What can you do on a Mac without the internet?

Use it to hit the person sat in front of you if they recline their seat too far.

Seriously, though, you can do pretty much everything that you can do on a Windows-based laptop, with the exception of play some games.

J1234 · 23 Oct 2008 at 13:16

You can't really do anything on Macs without the internet, I mean, they only have one mouse button so they can't do anything and they suck.

Aod · 23 Oct 2008 at 13:20

Justin said:
You can't really do anything on Macs without the internet, I mean, they only have one mouse button so they can't do anything and they suck.

classy

if i had a macbook i'd just install XP and enjoy the benefits of XP's reliability and compatability with the Macbook's shinyshiny hardware.

Tomsk · 23 Oct 2008 at 13:24

ScarySquirrel said:
If you can't charge it, how will your laptop charge last 9 hours?

http://www.seatguru.com/
There's a section on charging laptops (and other devices) whilst on the plane.

Last time I flew with my netbook (Aspire one with 2.5hr battery life) I took an external laptop battery as a booster. In the x-ray it did look like a bomb - a small circuit board surrounded by roughly rectangular shapes. The security officer at Manchester airport did a swab test on it, but in Canada and USA they let it pass with no further inspection.

"andy" · 23 Oct 2008 at 13:39

can you still look cool without the internet?

Phate · 23 Oct 2008 at 14:03

Jambo said:
How what have you done to it? Mine lasts about 2 hours especially if the old fan kicks in. How long is it supposed to last?

Its brand new, right now I get about 5 - 6 hours from it through general use.

EDIT: Thats with using everything as well.

Well Splattered · 23 Oct 2008 at 14:49

*Remembers buying 3 off spare batteries for his 12 hour flight for his XPS GEN 2*

Some, but not many airliners have power in economy. The Air Canada plane I was lucky to be on did in the back of the head rest

iSam · 23 Oct 2008 at 15:07

Aod said:
classy

if i had a macbook i'd just install XP and enjoy the benefits of XP's reliability and compatability with the Macbook's shinyshiny hardware.

XP's reliability and compatability? You feeling ok?

Think laptops are fine as long as there is no wi-fi or 3G card etc.