MBA: Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet?

[26139]

wow...

What's up with this?

How does Apple expect us to use an MBA on an airplane?

Really? Are you really asking this question?

Check out the MB and MBP tech specs, too.

Look up the term "pressurization."

 

[Karpfish]

Even if Apple's states maximum operating altitude is 10,000 ft, they do work above that. I know for a fact that the MBP and iPod Classic work well above that, at the top of Aspen Mountain which is 11,212 ft above sea level.

 

[GimmeSlack12]

It probably gets thicker, since there is slightly lower gravity...

You're joking right? It gets thinner, or rather the density is lower the higher you go. Think of the ocean, at the surface the sea pressure isn't as high as deep down underwater where your lungs would be crushed.

EDIT: and is this yet another thread denouncing the MBA. Wow, just wow.
EDIT2: Might have taken this one out of context.

 

[adrianblaine]

the line between truth and sarcasm is extremely blurred in this thread

 

[Catch]

You're joking right? It gets thinner, or rather the density is lower the higher you go. Think of the ocean, at the surface the sea pressure isn't as high as deep down underwater where your lungs would be crushed.

EDIT: and is this yet another thread denouncing the MBA. Wow, just wow.

I think the guy posting the quoted text was referring to the MBA getting thicker as opposed to thinner and not the air.

I also think the original poster of this thread really really wish he had not asked that question by now!

Regards,

C

 

[GimmeSlack12]

I think the guy posting the quoted text was referring to the MBA getting thicker as opposed to thinner and not the air.

Looking back at it now. I think you're right.
I just can't pass up an opportunity to be a knowitall.

 

[fatherratgmail]

Apple Tech says SSDs in MBAirs can operate safely to 14,800 ft

I just got off the phone with Apple Technical Support upper tier. They have tested the MacBook Air with a solid state drive to altitudes up to 14,800 feet. They said the only issue was the usual hard drive's "moving parts." That makes sense, since the unit can "store" at 15K and "ship" at twice that altitude.

I specifically asked about the display, and they said there were no issues.:

 

[pellets007]

I just got off the phone with Apple Technical Support upper tier. They have tested the MacBook Air with a solid state drive to altitudes up to 14,800 feet. They said the only issue was the usual hard drive's "moving parts." That makes sense, since the unit can "store" at 15K and "ship" at twice that altitude.

I specifically asked about the display, and they said there were no issues.:

I had no idea they actually tested it. You know how fun that would be?
Climbing up a mountain until the Air explodes (well, not explodes...).

 

[plinden]

Piercing an airplane window or skin with a bullet does not make the whole airplane explode. Very little happens actually except for loosing cabin pressure.

But the flight attendants, and anyone else not strapped in, will be sucked out of the little hole. And then they'll explode.

Yes, I'm joking.

 

[Consultant]

WELL GUYS, I'M GLAD WE WERE ALL ON TOP OF THAT ONE. GOOD WORK.

<3 spy.macrumors.com

EDIT: Interesting, I didn't know it was 8000 feet in an airplane. I guess it would take more work to keep it closer to sea-level pressure. Does that mean they have to use high-altitude baking directions?

Airline food actually contain more salt, because at that pressure you loose some sensitivity in taste.

lol. i can't tell if you're joking, but the reason air marshal bullets make the whole airplane explode is the interior is pressurized.

But the flight attendants, and anyone else not strapped in, will be sucked out of the little hole. And then they'll explode.

Yes, I'm joking.

That's dramatized movie special effects. Watch Mythbuster for what ACTUALLY happens.
2004 episode: Explosive Decompression