[Elecraft] OT - sound cards

[Mike]

While the connector is a good bet, I can't help but wonder it it's attached to a 
"chassis" inside. The Mac bottom comes off easily enough. I took it off to upgrade 
memory. I'm surprised Apple made it that easy.

73, Mike NF4L

On 1/9/2012 5:37 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> On 1/9/2012 2:00 PM, Mike wrote:
>> How does one bond a flaptop? Most of the Win machines I've seen have a plastic case.
>> My Macbook Pro has a metal case, but the screws that hold the bottom cover are tiny.
> It can be hard to find metal.  My laptop has a DB-15F for an external
> monitor or projector on the side, and I get a chassis connection there
> using a short screw in one of the two tie-down nuts.  Seems to work fine.
>
> FWIW:  Youngest son and family gave me the Steve Jobs biography for
> Christmas.  I'm about half way through, but far enough to understand
> that Jobs very specifically intended that users not be able to take the
> Mac apart, to the extent that they used some screws that required a
> special tool.  Don't know about the Macbook Pro, but if I had one, I
> don't think I'd take the screws out.  He was pretty paranoid about this
> ... it might self-destruct. :-)
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012
> - www.cqp.org
>
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