This is why I don't bring the 16" MBP on trips

[G5isAlive]

A mint device will still always get you a better resale value down the road. It's worth the trade off IMO. Cases also make a device feel better.

I have seen you comment on resale before, but highly doubt your conclusion. How many devices have you sold on the resale market, because I guarantee you if you trade it in, it will make no difference at all between a mint device and a gently used device. And I sincerely doubt it makes a difference on the open resale market. Over the years I have sold at least a dozen apple devices on the open resale market. People there shop for value, capacity, maybe power cycles, but never have I been asked for 'mintness.' They ask if there are major dings, but eh, no one believes mint versus gently used.

But let's say it makes any difference at all, it will be at most a few bucks, and certainly not worth at all the cost in cases and time and anxiety that you have expressed here. At least not to me, my time is valuable to me.

 

[smirking]

But let's say it makes any difference at all, it will be at most a few bucks, and certainly not worth at all the cost in cases and time and anxiety that you have expressed here. At least not to me, my time is valuable to me.

I've sold my share of devices too. I'd agree that the effect minor blemishes have on your sale price is minimal.

Mostly you're a prisoner of luck. Maybe the difference between pristine and very good might tilt your luck a little, but it won't change the outcome much if your timing is bad. Just search for completed auctions on eBay and it seems pretty obvious that the correlation between minor differences in visual condition and sale price is weak at best.

On the other hand if someone likes having a case and it gives them peace of mind, by all means do it. It couldn't hurt, but do it because it puts your mind at ease not because you expect it to reward you financially.

 

[prospervic]

My biggest concern is accidentally scratching the bottom when you put it on surfaces. Unless you wipe down every surface before putting the laptop down on it, there could be sharp particles that will scratch the bottom of the laptop without you knowing until it's too late.

I’m OCD about wiping surfaces before I place my expensive Apple gear on them. If it ain’t clean, the MacBook doesn’t sit there.

 

[Zigman]

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11" iPad Pro FTW.

I use Lightroom mobile on it to edit photos on the go. I mostly write on it because the pencil takes up less mass than the ridiculous keyboard cover.

Also I travel light so I can do a whole week in a 20L bag which goes in the cabin with me. That includes mirrorless camera and all clothes etc

Which app do you use to edit photos on the iPad? That was the workflow I was hoping for, Lightroom for iPad sadly is lacking in some areas.

 

[cjsuk]

Which app do you use to edit photos on the iPad? That was the workflow I was hoping for, Lightroom for iPad sadly is lacking in some areas.

Lightroom mobile. It's not great but useable. I don't do heavy edits though.

 

[Zigman]

Lightroom mobile. It's not great but useable. I don't do heavy edits though.

True, it does the job for most things fairly decently. Wish they would add AI Denoise, duplicate, and stacks.

 

[Woodcrest64]

I have yet to see anyone tackle three screens on an airplane. Can you imagine asking the people on both sides of you if you could use their table for a bit during the flight? 😂

 

[cjsuk]

True, it does the job for most things fairly decently. Wish they would add AI Denoise, duplicate, and stacks.

The denoise is annoyingly missing. That's the one edit that I miss on it.

 

[cjsuk]

I have yet to see anyone tackle three screens on an airplane. Can you imagine asking the people on both sides of you if you could use their table for a bit during the flight? 😂


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So I was on a flight yesterday and there's a small Italian kid, possibly part violent psychopath, in front of my daughter who was sitting there trying to write up a research paper on her MacBook Air. He's climbing all over the seats, jumping up and down and generally scaring the crap out of anyone with anything worth more than a few cents around him.

He'd finish that triple screen laptop off in a nanosecond.

 

[chars1ub0w]

I have yet to see anyone tackle three screens on an airplane. Can you imagine asking the people on both sides of you if you could use their table for a bit during the flight? 😂

Isn't that what the Apple Vision Pro with the Ultrawide Virtual Display is supposed to permit from one seat only?

 

[Woodcrest64]

Isn't that what the Apple Vision Pro with the Ultrawide Virtual Display is supposed to permit from one seat only?

Yeah, that is more ideal Though triple screens would allow you to share a 21x9 movie with the people beside you. LOL!

 

[raythompsontn]

Can you imagine asking the people on both sides of you if you could use their table for a bit during the flight?

I would respond to any such request with a firm no. And then hog the armrest.

 

[filmgirl]

Can you imagine asking the people on both sides of you if you could use their table for a bit during the flight? 😂

There was a great ad about this...

 

[NeonNights]

There was a great ad about this...

Cringe by today's standards, but dammit if I didn't get a chuckle from it. Thank you.

 

[Cape Dave]

OP, when I fly I always wear latex gloves during the whole flight for sanitization reasons. And I carry a box of wipes with me so I can wipe down my seat, tray, arm rests before sitting on it. Airplane seats and trays never get wiped down ever and are a nest for germs and bacteria. Then when I land I dispose of the gloves.

Smart!

 

[NeonNights]

I can't wear latex gloves all flight long, hands get too sweaty. I do keep a box of latex gloves in the trunk though to avoid touching handles when refueling the car. On flights my wife and I pack Clorox wipes to sanitize the seats, belts, and tray tables.

 

[jchurchill]

This $6 aluminum stand works great. Keeps me from looking down while watching a show, and I can even do work with it in this position.

 

[throAU]

100% agree with this. I have always been annoyed with the security posture of laptops for corporate and confidential works. Firstly you can lose them or they get nicked and secondly you can take them somewhere insecure. No amount of security theatre or software will protect your data with any certainty.

Depends what you're doing; if you're working on top secret level stuff and worried about literal coporate or state sponsored espionage from somebody who has literally ensured that they shift seats to sit next to you - sure.

Otherwise: if you secure the device and encrypt it, loss/theft is not a concern.

 

[cjsuk]

Depends what you're doing; if you're working on top secret level stuff and worried about literal coporate or state sponsored espionage from somebody who has literally ensured that they shift seats to sit next to you - sure.

Otherwise: if you secure the device and encrypt it, loss/theft is not a concern.

Depends.

A friend of mine had problems with a stalker who got their info from their laptop while sitting in a coffee shop.

There are social considerations for security as well.

 

[DeepSix]

This $6 aluminum stand works great. Keeps me from looking down while watching a show, and I can even do work with it in this position.

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You have to be careful when going through airport security. A friend of mine wasn't able to get through because the MacBook kept setting off the metal detector and then he was questioned by airport staff in a private security room on what contents his laptop has and why it kept setting off the alarm.

Despite my friend telling them that the laptop is made of metal, the airport security wouldn't believe him and questioned whether he was keeping a knife inside the laptop. They even asked him to take the laptop apart in front of them to prove to them that he's not concealing any weapons inside but he said he didn't have the screwdriver for it on him. Eventually after 20mins they discussed with a supervisor and they let him go.

 

[sparkie7]

First World Problem.

 

[chars1ub0w]

This $6 aluminum stand works great. Keeps me from looking down while watching a show, and I can even do work with it in this position.

Someone gave me a very similar looking stand. Be careful. Any turbulence and your laptop will fall off.

 

[raythompsontn]

he MacBook kept setting off the metal detector and then he was questioned by airport staff in a private security room on what contents his laptop has and why it kept setting off the alarm

I have traveled many times, domestically (U.S.) and overseas, with my MacBook. I have never had an issue with security regarding my laptop. Security probably sees laptops in half, or more, of the passengers that travel. Surely security will know what a laptop is and what it shows on the screen. Laptops should be going through the X-Ray scanners and not through the metal detectors in which people pass.

Something else was going on with your friend. It is either a made up story or he did something else to set off the security people. It was not his laptop specifically. It may have been him trying to carry the laptop through X-Ray which would not make the security people happy.

 

[throAU]

Depends.

A friend of mine had problems with a stalker who got their info from their laptop while sitting in a coffee shop.

There are social considerations for security as well.

That sort of person can/will just follow you home.

And how did they get that info off her laptop? If you were to look at my laptop screen, it doesn't typically have my name, address, DOB on it??

Unless she left the thing open, unlocked and unattended while she got up to get a coffee or something? In which case.... that's incredibly irresponsible.

 

[nigelbb]

I have traveled many times, domestically (U.S.) and overseas, with my MacBook. I have never had an issue with security regarding my laptop. Security probably sees laptops in half, or more, of the passengers that travel. Surely security will know what a laptop is and what it shows on the screen. Laptops should be going through the X-Ray scanners and not through the metal detectors in which people pass.

Something else was going on with your friend. It is either a made up story or he did something else to set off the security people. It was not his laptop specifically. It may have been him trying to carry the laptop through X-Ray which would not make the security people happy.

It must be 30 years ago when I worked for Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) which was then the second largest computer manufacturer in the world. DEC was a minicomputer company & slow on developing PCs in house so rebadged Olivetti laptops. One of my colleagues was stopped at security in Munich when he was flying back to the UK. They were using a sniffer device which for some reason or other indicated that his corporate issued laptop contained explosives. He was detained for several hours & missed his flight but they eventually reluctantly decided that the sniffer machine was giving a false positive.