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From: shibumi@well.UUCP (Kenton Abbott Hoover)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Taking a Mac to Europe
Message-ID: <3499@well.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 5-Jul-87 15:18:13 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul  5 15:18:13 1987
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In article <2462@husc6.UUCP> mazur@endor.UUCP (Eric Mazur) writes:
>1) The SE with internal disk is *very heavy*.  It's moveable, not really
>   portable.  You'll notice if you have to walk from one airline terminal
>   to the other.
When a machine weighs as much as a mac does the extra seven pounds are
not that much more.  I have an old style (512K size) case (the strap died the
other day after about two years of use) and my problem is more finding a balance
point in carrying it then the weight itself.
>3) The new style keyboard does not fit in the old Apple Mac carrying case:
>   it's too large.
however, the keyboard sleeve is well placed-- its on the closing side of the
zipper; the standard kbd sticks out about four inches, the extended sticks out
about eight inches (which is too much).  The extended kbd doesnt fit in the
sleeve very well either...
>4) The Apple carrying case does not fit in the overhead compartments, not
>   even on a Boeing 747.  Here are a few tips:
And when it does fit under a seat, it tends to fit very tightly.  I one day 
hope to create a list of planes and airlines that have the right room under
the seat.


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