Great post. Some more food for thought...

Date: Jan 27, 2008,04:37 AM - (view entire thread)

After reading this post it occured to me that since hard drives should be the component in laptops that have the most powerful magnet, that we may have stumbled upon another reason to see the new SSDs (Solid State Drives) as attractive. Prices on SSDs are set to become more and more reasonable, so for watch enthusiasts / collectors we might have found another reason why they might be worth considering.

IT would be intersting if someone with a SSD laptop could arrange some kind of comparison.

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Main Post: * Magnetism, Have We Missed Out The Obvious? Laptop-Users Be Aware!

Kong (registered) on January 26th, 2008-10:33

I am keeping my watches Bill (registered) on January 26th, 2008-10:42

thanks Kong. i spend a lot of the day using my laptop and gmhutton (registered) on January 26th, 2008-12:35

most of the time it's easily fixed Chromatic Fugue (registered) on January 26th, 2008-13:36

I knew that there was a practical aspect...

Tony C. (registered) on January 26th, 2008-14:21

Kong,good experiment and reminder! BHK9 (registered) on January 26th, 2008-19:06

I guessed if the distance is too near to the magnetic field, doubt... Kong (registered) on January 27th, 2008-10:25

Kong, useful information. Thanks ling5hk (registered) on January 26th, 2008-19:18

Knows the source of the magnetism & avoid close proximity...

Kong (registered) on January 27th, 2008-10:19

Thanks for the experiment, Kong ling5hk (registered) on January 27th, 2008-15:46

Very interesting post Kong! AnthonyTsai (registered) on January 26th, 2008-20:16

great stuff, thanks! (nt) ei8htohms (registered) on January 26th, 2008-21:32

Thanks, Kong, masterspiece (registered) on January 26th, 2008-22:11

Great post Kong waien (registered) on January 26th, 2008-23:01

Looks like some will end up investing in demagnetisers! :-)... Horolographer (registered) on January 26th, 2008-23:11

thanks Kong.....means u need to buy a watch with a soft iron core. LOL! decksurgeon (registered) on January 27th, 2008-01:47

Doubt so...a soft iron cage also has 'weak points' like.... Kong (registered) on January 27th, 2008-10:29

Not so sure about that. tony p (registered) on January 27th, 2008-23:10

Great post. Some more food for thought... Rez (registered) on January 27th, 2008-04:37

Hmmm . . . some of my favorite watches are . . . Dr No (registered) on January 27th, 2008-08:48

My guess is the vintage pieces should be more ... Kong (registered) on January 27th, 2008-10:36

No wonder my laptop and cellphone time has been off Jokoh (registered) on January 27th, 2008-19:23

Thanks, Kong, great detective work! ThomasM (registered) on January 27th, 2008-20:43

TM, so your brand of PC is approved for WIS ? :-)

Kong (registered) on January 29th, 2008-11:48

Thanks for sharing your findings, Kong zephyr49 (registered) on January 28th, 2008-03:56

Good information, Kong. From now on, i will only be... Ronald Held (registered) on January 28th, 2008-05:45

Not sure about quartz. yw wong (registered) on February 4th, 2008-23:02

interestinf findings damien (registered) on February 29th, 2008-09:35

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