From: Stanley Chen (s.k.chen_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Wed May 05 1999 - 15:07:06 EDT
>> The beauty of most of the Port cases is that they cradle
>> your notebook in
>> a "sling" with dead air underneath. This allows a *lot* more leeway when
>> or if you should drop the thing, as foam pads compress and don't allow as
>> much "give" to protect the computer.
>
>But beware! The Port sling suspension is fastened by two hard plastic
>buckles. There is *nothing* separating these buckles from the top of your
>computer. It doesn't take much pressure to push the buckles into your
>computer and scratch its case. My TP600 has a nice pair of Port scratches.
>
Actually, I have one of those offending Port cases and have read about the
horrors of the "buckle scratches" so I turn the computer face down when I
put it in the case. The buckles not only are over the bottom, but at least
one is over the battery which is made of a different substance and not so
prone to scratching. Apart for that I've been extremely pleased with the
Port standard case that I bought for $15 at a II Byte corporate surplus
outlet store.
Stanley Chen
Texas Tech University
>Port's own website illustrates the problem:
>
>http://www.port.com/docs/thstand2.htm
>
>Note how the buckles are right next to the computer, and note also how the
>case's inside pockets are stuffed full. Now set that case flat, with the
>computer on the bottom and the pockets on the top, and drive around a
while.
>The weight from the stuff in the pockets will push the buckles into your
>computer and scratch it.
>
>If anyone does get a Port sling case, there is a simple fix. Keep a small
>cotton dishtowel in the case and use it to protect the computer from the
>buckles. The towel comes in handy to clean your screen anyway.
>
>It would have been trivial for Port to avoid this problem completely. Note
>that there is a large flap covering part of the computer. They could have
>arranged the straps so that the buckles would always be next to this flap
>instead of right next to your computer. That they didn't do this is sheer
>idiocy and irresponsible design.
>
>-Mike
>
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>
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