laptops that cant move (1 Viewer)

[sickk]

i was playing around with a laptop at dicksmith the other day, and when i moved it it said something like warning the laptop is moving and it seemed like quite a big deal lol, one of my mates said in those little eepc things, you cant move them cause the harddrive gets ruined or something?

does that happen with most laptops? or jsut the little ones? and what exactly was happening lol

 

[sladehk]

what?
i thought epcs were the ones that you can move coz the harddrives not moving?!
or am i confused

 

[cassieagill]

it was probs set up by the store,...although most of them are normally tied down somehow...so i don't understand how he moved it in the first place...

 

[wixxy2348]

it was probs set up by the store,...although most of them are normally tied down somehow...so i don't understand how he moved it in the first place...

You can generally move them slightly (seeing as it's generally pulltabs holding them in place).

 

[sickk]

no it came up on the screen, like it was built into the computer, it didnt seem like a store alarm thing

 

[SnowFox]

Security FTW

Motion-detecting laptop security

 

[Uncle]

how can you not move a laptop along a 3D space coordinate with respect to time and not damage the laptop?
make no sense

 

[Peter_2222]

I bought a Toshiba Qosmia x300 the other day. It is very sexy and stylish

 

[Silent_Sniper]

i was playing around with a laptop at dicksmith the other day, and when i moved it it said something like warning the laptop is moving and it seemed like quite a big deal lol, one of my mates said in those little eepc things, you cant move them cause the harddrive gets ruined or something?

does that happen with most laptops? or jsut the little ones? and what exactly was happening lol

You can move them, just dont go crazy! (throwing it around)

 

[Davo1111]

nah it comes with alot of the toshibas etc. It stops the needle from reading or something while its being moved. Potentially stops damage to the hard disk.
My mates toshiba satellite came with it. It's very annoying when your watching a movie, and move the laptop from the desk to the bed.

 

[Omie Jay]

i can walk around with my laptop in hand and nothing goes wrong. I just gotta be a bit more steady when i have a cd/dvd running in the drive, but i've never had a hdd problem.

 

[bluesoleli]

It sounds like that Lenovo/IBM active hard drive protection nonsense. The laptop itself can sense what angle the laptop is at and shuts down the hard drive if the user sets the movement sensitivity up high.

 

[r we dere yet]

HUH! i dont get it how can you not move it. tec suks

 

[dog on heat]

i rolled my bag down some stairs

then realised my laptop was in it

it was k though it was protected by my jumper

sort of