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I have laptops and electronics that i carry around daily. I use trains and cars as my means of transportation. Then a question popped out;

'is it OK to just leave my computer (or tablet, smartphone, etc) on the passenger seat when the seat has vibrations?? '

I'm pretty sure this depends on the type of computer, the amount of vibration, and etc...

I'm so much obssessed with this doubt that i always put cloth around my electronics and etc, to decrease the vibration!

Danny Han
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Short Answer: No

The vibrations from most peoples' daily lives are inconsequential to consumer electronics.

Longer Answer: Depends, but Highly Unlikely

Sudden shocks or large dynamic loads can cause strong enough vibrations to hurt your laptop. That said, this would typically be the result of dropping your laptop or having it fly off the seat into a wall if the train very suddenly stopped.

The only other concern would be for a mechanical hard drive. Most newer computers have solid state drives that are largely immune to vibration, but older hard drives could be damaged if they were exposed to large vibrations while in use. Again, these vibrations would need to be fairly severe. HDD manufacturers are pretty good at isolating their drives from small external vibrations.

Hari
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