On Dec 24, 4:19 am, "Shaun Van Poecke"
wrote:
Im sure heaps of people out there must be carrying their laptops on board
when they are cruising for navigation/internet.... what is the general
consensus on life? Do they suffer a lot from corosion? is anybody opening
up their laptop and sparying the circuitboards with anything?

I've kept a Sony Vaio on a shelf by my nav station for five years with
no problems. As a computer geek I'm often called in to consult on sick
computers in the cruising fleet and my, totally unscientific survey,
suggests that there isn't much difference in the MTBF for sea going
laptops and land going ones. Obviously, people try to keep them as dry
and cool as they can, but I don't think you should obsess about it, I
certainly would not open it up and spray it with anything.

-- Tom.