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Re: Show HN: Building a Military Spec MacBook Air Case with Long Life Battery

#11

"Military Spec MacBook Air" is my new favorite oxymoron.

This is exactly what i thought. Really cool build, but if you're going mil-spec, shouldn't you have chosen a more rugged-looking computer? With the macbook air it kind of reminds me of a Volkswagen on a jacked up monster truck chassis. My T61 would look badass in this, though.

Re: Show HN: Building a Military Spec MacBook Air Case with Long Life Battery

#12

> My [MacBook] Air usually lasts about 4 or 5 hours with full brightness and the wifi turned on What are you doing that depletes the battery so fast? I have a 2012 13" MacBook Air which lasts 8-9 hours. My typical use is: display set to 50% brightness, WiFi turned on, mostly using Adobe CC apps.

The 13" has a lot better battery life than the 11" and the 2012 has a lot better battery than the 2011. I get 3-4 hours out of my 11" 2011 MBA.

Re: Show HN: Building a Military Spec MacBook Air Case with Long Life Battery

#13
>dropped a glass of water on the case, and

Okay, so that sucks.

>razor sharp shards of glass ricocheted

Welp, you literally dropped a glass glass of water. Good lord, that's scary on a naked computer. This is a pretty awesome hack.

>(Be sure to get your finger partially in front of the lens while documenting this.)

Why does he say this? I don't understand.

I have another question. What is the present status of taking something like this on-board an airplane? Is the extended battery likely to raise alarm at the carry-in security section?

Re: Show HN: Building a Military Spec MacBook Air Case with Long Life Battery

#14
Pretty cool, the other change I would suggest would be munging one of those plugs that can morph into any sort of wall plug [1] (they sell them in airport shops) so you end up with a charging cable that can plug into anything.

[1] Something like this: http://www.isplc2006.org/b2b/graphite/5/universal_plug_adapt... I've got a round shaped one with a "Fuji" logo on the side I got at Heathrow I believe.

Re: Show HN: Building a Military Spec MacBook Air Case with Long Life Battery

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post #13

>dropped a glass of water on the case, and Okay, so that sucks. >razor sharp shards of glass ricocheted Welp, you literally dropped a glass glass of water . Good lord, that's scary on a naked computer. This is a pretty awesome hack. >(Be sure to get your finger partially in front of the lens while documenting this.) Why does he say this? I don't understand. I have another question. What is the present status of takin…

oh lol, it's cause i had my figure in front of the lens in one of the pictures i took.

We had no problems, sending it through the airplane, i snuck a peek at the x-ray cause i wanted to see what the battery looked like. Just a bunch of cells.

Re: Show HN: Building a Military Spec MacBook Air Case with Long Life Battery

#16

Pretty cool, the other change I would suggest would be munging one of those plugs that can morph into any sort of wall plug [1] (they sell them in airport shops) so you end up with a charging cable that can plug into anything. [1] Something like this: http://www.isplc2006.org/b2b/graphite/5/universal_plug_adapt... I've got a round shaped one with a "Fuji" logo on the side I got at Heathrow I believe.

That's a good idea, especially because the charger is duel voltage.
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