[GTALUG] tips on packing computers?

[Karen Lewellen]

well...the blindness experience, at least for the moment, means driving, 
is not an option for me.
Do still have boxes packed from several prior moves though.
Kare



On Tue, 8 Jun 2021, Mauro Souza via talk wrote:

> I always put my computers on the car too, the tower got nicely put behind
> the driver seat, and the monitor got on the backseat, with a seatbelt
> around it. Put the screen on the seat, strap it with the seatbelt, and they
> are good to go. You can put some pillows around them, but unless you drive
> fast over a pothole or jump speedbumps, they will be fine.
>
> Mauro
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> Em seg., 7 de jun. de 2021 às 22:30, James Knott via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> escreveu:
>
>> On 2021-06-07 7:43 p.m., Karen Lewellen via talk wrote:
>>> Hi folks,
>>> One thing about the lockdown ending is that I must hunt a new
>>> place..which means proper packing of my computers and monitors.
>>> So two questions since I must order on line.
>>> First, what is the best sized box for a tower so that there is not too
>>> much room?
>>> second, I have one older imac that is rather heavy..but important.
>>> If  this should not be boxed given the weight, how should it be
>>> packed, or padded?
>>> what about those monitor slip covers, I have flat screen ones now.
>>> Thanks for any ideas,
>>> Karen
>>
>> Last time I moved, almost 28 years ago, I didn't bother with boxes for
>> that sort of thing.  I just put them in my car, instead of the truck.
>>
>> BTW, if I look I might find some boxes I haven't yet unpacked after the
>> previous move 40 years ago. ;-)
>>
>> I recently threw out some stuff from that era. :-)
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