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From: beth@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (JB)
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Subject: Re: Help: Travelling with a Mac
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Date: Tue, 10-Jun-86 10:28:58 EDT
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In article <3444@decwrl.DEC.COM> harrow@exodus.dec.com writes:
>Second, although there have been references that it (in its Apple soft case)
>will fit under airline seats; NOPE!  In many planes, there is also NOT
>room in any closet for the Mac (and even if there was I'd be VERY 
>concerned about its safety with other people tossing things on top of it),
>and I don't think it will fit in any of the overhead bins.

I've taken my Mac on 3 or 4 trips.  It's never fit under the seat in
front of me.  It does fit (snuggly, which is fine) in the overhead
compartments of a DC-10.  On a 727, tho, you'll probably have to use a
closet.  When I check in, I tell the clerk I'm carrying 2500 dollars
worth of computer equipment, and they let me board early.  So there's
always been room for it somewhere.  I try to get it in overhead, but
have had to use the closets on some planes.  I just mention to the
flight attendants that it's expensive, sensitive equipment and they
help me watch out for it.

It is a bit of a drag having it hand-checked at the security stations,
tho.  Some of the more gung-ho security people essentially unpack
absolutely everything, and you have to stand there for 15 minutes
trying to fit it all back in when they're done.  But all in all,
whenever I've taken it, I've been glad I had it with me.

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--JB  ((Just) Beth Christy, U. of Chicago, ..!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!beth)

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