I love water.
But not everyone, or everything loves water. For instance, my Laptop does not love water. My new laptop. The one I got in December that is ultra sleek, ultra compact and travel-perfect.
{I didn't tell you about this before, even though it was pretty major. I may have been terribly embarrassed and frustrated with myself.}
Only three months after purchasing said perfection-in-a-laptop I happened to have removed the silicon keyboard cover from it's keyboard, the one designed to protect it's larger, bulkier predecessor from water and liquid spills. You see it fit over the keyboard just fine. But it was too thick and prevented the ultra-thin new laptop from closing properly. So I removed it, knowing that I needed to replace it; being paranoid about such things as I had a friend in college who ruined her brand-new MacBook Pro by spilling a beverage on it... Oh the sick irony!
So... yah... Story short: Hand knocked over glass of water. Water spills on corner of keyboard. Poof. Black screen. Computer dead. Done. Three days, $800 later (Which is just over half the original cost of the laptop, BTW) I have a repaired MacBookAir back from Apple. I turn it on and... Chime! The hard drive has been replaced and I get a WELCOME! (to your brand new mac) screen, telling me that none of my data, applications, etc had been recovered. (Which really could have been worse... I had all the apps backed up and most of the data.)
NOW I have the proper keyboard cover that allows the laptop to close. NOW I have a soft case to protect the tiny laptop from abuse.
And NOW, as of tonight, I have a DryBag large, thin enough and flexible enough to house the laptop (and a few extra items if needed) for travel out and about on a boat. In the ocean. Which is as wet as wet gets. Which my laptop will not be, thankyouverymuch.
What kind of electronics protection do you travel with?
But not everyone, or everything loves water. For instance, my Laptop does not love water. My new laptop. The one I got in December that is ultra sleek, ultra compact and travel-perfect.
{I didn't tell you about this before, even though it was pretty major. I may have been terribly embarrassed and frustrated with myself.}
Only three months after purchasing said perfection-in-a-laptop I happened to have removed the silicon keyboard cover from it's keyboard, the one designed to protect it's larger, bulkier predecessor from water and liquid spills. You see it fit over the keyboard just fine. But it was too thick and prevented the ultra-thin new laptop from closing properly. So I removed it, knowing that I needed to replace it; being paranoid about such things as I had a friend in college who ruined her brand-new MacBook Pro by spilling a beverage on it... Oh the sick irony!
So... yah... Story short: Hand knocked over glass of water. Water spills on corner of keyboard. Poof. Black screen. Computer dead. Done. Three days, $800 later (Which is just over half the original cost of the laptop, BTW) I have a repaired MacBookAir back from Apple. I turn it on and... Chime! The hard drive has been replaced and I get a WELCOME! (to your brand new mac) screen, telling me that none of my data, applications, etc had been recovered. (Which really could have been worse... I had all the apps backed up and most of the data.)
NOW I have the proper keyboard cover that allows the laptop to close. NOW I have a soft case to protect the tiny laptop from abuse.
And NOW, as of tonight, I have a DryBag large, thin enough and flexible enough to house the laptop (and a few extra items if needed) for travel out and about on a boat. In the ocean. Which is as wet as wet gets. Which my laptop will not be, thankyouverymuch.
What kind of electronics protection do you travel with?
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