Just a thought on the P5

[sleddogg]

Just picked up a pair of these and while too early to give my full impression (great so far, 2 hrs) I did find myself setting them on the keyboard area of my laptop when taking breaks (restroom, phone call, etc) and began to wonder about the risks involved with those (strong) magnets in the earpads and the possible effects on hard drives and memory and such as it applies to computers. Incidently I had three freezes in typing this message which has never happened on this robust laptop. Hmmmm....?

[htsteve]

Just picked up a pair of these and while too early to give my full impression (great so far, 2 hrs) I did find myself setting them on the keyboard area of my laptop when taking breaks (restroom, phone call, etc) and began to wonder about the risks involved with those (strong) magnets in the earpads and the possible effects on hard drives and memory and such as it applies to computers. Incidently I had three freezes in typing this message which has never happened on this robust laptop. Hmmmm....?

I wouldn't put those on your laptop, just for the reason you mentioned. Magnets and hard drives are not a good mix. Better to be safe.

[aarsoe]

Easy to fix. Buy a an SSD.
Unfortunatly your memory will still not like the magnets.... :M

[sleddogg]

Furthermore, how does this apply to the Ipod itself, can't imagine it likes magnets too much either. Are we talking velcro retrofit here?