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7 Replies Last post: Mar 20, 2004 8:27 AM by Bassphil

DoubleShot

11 posts since
Jan 9, 2003

Jan 11, 2003 8:05 PM

Altitude

Say I buy one of the new iBooks for my traveling purposes, is there a maximum altitude it can withstand?

sebimeyer

405 posts since
Apr 4, 2001

1. Jan 11, 2003 8:10 PM

in response to: DoubleShot

Re: Altitude

I assume that you mean to ask if there are problems of using them on an airplane? Or are you about to hike the Himalayas?

The iBook should be fine at any altitude you can withstand yourself. According to apple it can be operated at a maximum operating altitude of 10,000 feet and a maximum storage altitude of 15,000 feet. What they mean though is outside an airplane.

mystery_stain

1,197 posts since
Feb 2, 2001

2. Jan 11, 2003 8:19 PM

in response to: DoubleShot

Re: Altitude

doubleshot, for future reference every Mac's product web page lists the altitudes on the tech spec page like below for the ibook:

Electrical and environmental requirements
Meets ENERGY STAR requirements
Line voltage: 100V to 240V AC
Frequency: 50 to 60 Hz
Operating temperature: 50 to 95 F (10 to 35 C)
Storage temperature: -13 to 140 F (-25 to 60 C)
Relative humidity: 20% to 80% noncondensing
Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet
Maximum storage altitude: 15,000 feet

Peter

1,353 posts since
Mar 1, 2001

3. Jan 11, 2003 8:40 PM

in response to: DoubleShot

Re: Altitude

I flew with mine to Shanghai, Seoul, Osaka, Bali, New Zealand, Vermont, Honolulu, watching DVD's and typing, etc. with no problems.
I want to take it to Mars with me next but am worried about the altitude.

Peter

Southern_Gent

223 posts since
Nov 5, 2001

4. Jan 11, 2003 8:46 PM

Re: Altitude

A commercial airliner is pressurized so that your body (and laptop) are kept below the equivalent of 6000 feet. The only time you would have to worry about altitude is if you were climbing the Himalayas or some high range like that (unless you want to ride on the wing while you're flying).

DoubleShot

11 posts since
Jan 9, 2003

5. Jan 11, 2003 9:04 PM

Re: Altitude

Thanks guys.

Parsec

190 posts since
Feb 28, 2001

6. Jan 12, 2003 3:28 PM

in response to: DoubleShot

Re: Altitude

The altitude restriction comes from the hard drive. For some reason manufactures claim they won't work above 10,000 feet. I don't know if I believe that. I live in Colorado, and I've seen plenty of people use laptops above 10,000 feet. The summit house on Pikes Peak uses them just about every day when they're open (obviously nobody goes up there when there's dozens of feet of snow on the road). And that's 14,110 feet.

Bassphil

224 posts since
Jan 23, 2002

7. Mar 20, 2004 8:27 AM

in response to: Parsec

Re: Altitude

Well, this is a super old post, but the topic was just brought to my attention by a friend an fellow powerbook user.

We spend a lot of time on the road and we're in Vail CO about once a year, which has an altitude of over 10,000 feet. I find it hard to believe that Apple doesn't sell any computers to people in Vail.

In other words, if the mac really isn't meant to use above 10,000', then they probably wouldn't honor the warranty's of users that registered their mac using their Vail address.

Does anyone out there live in Vail, and hove you ever sent your computer in for repair?

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