"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:53:44 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

In practice it doesn't seem to be that much of an issue. I've used my
laptops on boats as small as 24 ft with no problem, keeping the cover
folded down when not actually using it.

I spilled coffee into the keyboard of a brand new Sony. I held it
upside down until it quit dripping, wiped it off with a damp rag, and
that was that.

What is unbearable is the OV, operating virus. Vista is malware. They
should ship these things with a blank drive, and you have the store
install the virus of your choice. When I used 3.11 I had the reformat
and reinstall everything down to 45 minutes.

Casady


Problem with drinks spilling is the additives. Plain Coffee is OK. Soda
and coffee with sugar will weld things in to a fixed position.0