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TSA: 11.6-inch MacBook Air is checkpoint-safe

by Dave Caolo (Oct 28th, 2010)

The US Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, has officially stated that travelers passing through US airport security with the 11.6-inch MacBook Air will not have to remove the little laptop from their bags for inspection. Unfortunately, that's not the case with the 13-inch model. Size ...

TSA: Keep your iPad in the bag, please

by Dave Caolo (Apr 7th, 2010)

The pleasure in visiting a US airport can be found in drinking pricey stale coffee and navigating the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) security checkpoint. Typically, electronics must be pulled from bags and placed on a conveyor belt for scanning. Fortunately, iPads are an exception. ...

TSA makes good: X-rays MacBook Air and posts video

by Scott McNulty (Mar 24th, 2008)

As you'll recall the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) was hard at work, hoping to avoid making another MacBook Air owner miss their flight (the security people didn't know what to make of the x-ray images of the MacBook Air). The TSA got their hands on a MacBook Air for some testing, ...

TSA works to clear MacBook Air for flight

by Scott McNulty (Mar 11th, 2008)

You may recall that MacBook Air user Michael Nygard was recently screened by the TSA (that's the Transportation Security Administration, to those who aren't in the US.) when he went through security with his MacBook Air. It would seem that the good folks manning the X-ray machine couldn't make ...

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