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Incredibly lame question regarding laptops on planes
I am flying out of town tomorrow, which I do like once per year. Not only do I not like flying, I don't usually have a reason to do it. This time I do.
Anyway, I like to watch DVDs on my laptop, but it requires the docking station, which is fairly bulky. The laptop itself isn't huge at all, it's a small HP laptop. The docking station would add about five inches to its depth. The flight to Denver won't be long, but the flight to Illinois will be. On the way back, the flight from O'Hare to Phoenix is 3+ hours. I'd like to watch a movie or listen to music, but can any of you savvy travelers speak to whether it's worth my trouble to bring the docking station onto the plane to watch movies, i.e. have you done this? Guessing the depth from the back of my docking station to the front of my laptop at about 15 inches. Probably wouldn't make this thread if there weren't a bunch of young internet punks ([img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]) who recently came and went from Vegas and had similar experiences. Don't fly out until yesterday afternoon so any feedback is appreciated. Thanks! |
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Re: Incredibly lame question regarding laptops on planes
Laptop w/ no dvd drive? lol welcome to 1998 pal.
srsly, does the docking station plug in? Im guessing if it doesnt you can probably figure out how to remove just the dvd drive from teh station. |
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Re: Incredibly lame question regarding laptops on planes
If it needs a docking station it probably doesn't have an open slot for a DVD drive.
Anyway, I fly from Hartford to Minneapolis several times per year for school (2 1/2 hour flight) and watching stuff on my laptop is a bit of a hassle. My laptop's depth is only about 10 1/2 inches and it's impossible for the screen to be straight if it's sitting on the tray and the person in front of you has their seat leaned back. If you have in-ear headphones I'd say it's worth it. |
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Re: Incredibly lame question regarding laptops on planes
ccrazy,
Thanks, that's what I was looking for (no disrespect, guids). I may steal the docking station from the chick in the office next to mine, it's less cumbersome, but I was looking for similar experiences. I'm looking at two three hour flights in the next week which is perfect for movies of my choosing...which I haven't chosen yet. |
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Re: Incredibly lame question regarding laptops on planes
NO USE MY SUGGESTION
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Re: Incredibly lame question regarding laptops on planes
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NO USE MY SUGGESTION [/ QUOTE ] Haha, well given your experience with the overseas toilet thread I guess your opinion carries serious weight, I just didn't even know about something like this. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] |
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Re: Incredibly lame question regarding laptops on planes
you can rent dvds and portable dvd players at SFO and other airports. or just frickin buy one.
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Re: Incredibly lame question regarding laptops on planes
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you can rent dvds and portable dvd players at SFO and other airports. or just frickin buy one. [/ QUOTE ] No way I'd get the ROI on this unless it's like $10. I guess the question mostly was "will I have this thing sticking into my gut the whole time?" Tomorrow's longer flight is a window seat so I'm not too worried about the hassle, just was looking for experiences. |
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Re: Incredibly lame question regarding laptops on planes
i've had it with these [censored] docking stations on this [censored] plane etc. etc.
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Re: Incredibly lame question regarding laptops on planes
or spend the whole flight trying to get up the courage to talk to the only semi-attractive girl next to you. your best bet is to hope that her in-flight magazine's crossword is clear, but yours is partially filled out so you can ask to borrow it. then wait for her to make the next move. she won't. return to your crappy apartment and check for responses to your match.com.
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