Transporting a computer to china

[hanst99]

I'm (probably) going to go on a 6 month internship in Hong Kong next year. Problem is, my Laptop is usable in name only and I obviously can't just take my tower on the plane. How do I get my computer to Hong Kong (without paying a price that would make buying ANOTHER computer over there a reasonable alternative)?

I'd prefer a company that doesn't throw monitors over fences.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--4U4BkulC0

[ne555]

> and I obviously can't just take my tower on the plane.
¿why not?
Use your laptop to connect to the tower via ssh.

Good luck.

[hanst99]

¿why not?

Have you seen how airline personnel treats luggage? I wouldn't trust them to get a bar of indestructium in one piece to the plane.

Use your laptop to connect to the tower via ssh.

I'm not going to leave my PC on for 6 months, and I'm certainly not going to expose it to the interwebs. I'd also like to reiterate my point of my Laptop being a special-needs PC.

[Moschops]

The cost of transporting it will compare badly with just buying a second-hand machine in HK. I took a tower to Qatar on a BA flight once. It was handled fine, but it was certainly expensive. The cheapest would be untrackable surface-mail, which would probably take weeks. I think your best option is to just take your data and buy a second-hand machine once you get there. It's HK; the local small ads will certainly provide what you need.

[chrisname]

How big is the tower? You might be able to take it as hand luggage if you're careful with it. Put it in a bag with lots of padding.

[hanst99]

It's pretty small actually, but I'm afraid no amount of padding is going to protect it from the damage from being thrown around. I'd have to dis/reassemble it, but I'm no good with computers (or anything else that has screws and nasty things like that) so that's not much of an option.

[z05DSL3A]

Pelican™ Case! also dismantle and pack any components that are likely to come loose and cause damage.

[hanst99]

also dismantle and pack any components that are likely to come loose and cause damage.

Isn't that all of them?

[chrisname]

hanst99 wrote:

thrown around

If you take it as hand luggage, no-one is going to throw it around but you, and if you do that, you deserve a broken computer.

[Catfish2]

Make an investment. Buy a Toughbook.
http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughbook/laptop-computers.asp

[hanst99]

If you take it as hand luggage, no-one is going to throw it around but you, and if you do that, you deserve a broken computer.

Well I said it's small, but I doubt it's small enough for them to let me take it as hand luggage.