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    Is this stuff really magnesium?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by MGS2392, Sep 15, 2006.

  1. MGS2392

    MGS2392 NAND Cat!

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    I mean, really. I just bumped my nx9420 into a wooden chair, and now I have 2 tiny nicks on the edge of my laptop, right under the CD drive.
     
    MGS2392, Sep 15, 2006
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    k3l0 Notebook Consultant

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    I mean, really. What makes you think that magnesium wouldn't be easily scratched?

    (and it's not pure magnesium anyway...)
     
    k3l0, Sep 15, 2006
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    MGS2392 NAND Cat!

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    It's not just a scratch, it's a nick!
     
    MGS2392, Sep 15, 2006
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    You should be more careful with your laptop. That's how things get broke then people call HP and complain about it.
     
    eric06, Sep 16, 2006
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    Vault Dweller 13 Notebook Enthusiast

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    People don't understand what magnesium chasis means.
    Outer layer of your laptop isn't magnesium, it's plastic (so is that of Thinkpads), but on the inside you have white-gray chasis made of magnesium alloy which gives your notebook rigidity and protects internal components from impacts.

    Try removing the battery to see that.
     
    Vault Dweller 13, Sep 16, 2006
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    themanwiththeblacksax Notebook Consultant

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    i don't know, why don't you light it on fire and see.. if its actually magnesium, it'll burn really really really really brightly (wear sunglasses).

    just couldn't resist..

    ps don't actually do that.
     
    themanwiththeblacksax, Sep 16, 2006
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    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    And usually, its not fully magnesium, its more of a magnesium composite compound...
     
    coriolis, Sep 16, 2006
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