Laptop on top of microwave oven

Although i couldnt tell you why, i really dont think it would be a good idea.

Just doesnt sound like it would be something i would want to do.

....seriously, find a new spot for u laptop.

uhm, the two best ways of damaging a hard drive so nothing can ever be read off of it, 1. coco cola 2.micro wave radiation.

There wouldn't be any stray radiation on newer microwaves and and long as the heat and moisture is properly vented away from the lappy it would be fine. I wouldn't do it personally because the location is a dust magnet and I'd worry about excessive humidity from the exhaust.

i think that there is some leakage from the microwave, nothing major, but its still there, anyway...... don't do it or you may anger the pixel gods.

Don't do it!

Let me guess, College dorm, microwave doubles as coffee table?

LMAO! putting a comp on top of a microwave? why dont you just burn your $2500? seriously, dumb idea IMO because of the radiation like everyone said. i heard something about someone sticking their LCD monitor in the microwave because the manufacturer's policy was only 8+ dead pixels and he had like 3, so tried putting it in the microwave to get more... but then it wouldnt turn on, so he RMAed it as DOA.

More Neat Microwave Oven Tricks.....

A co-worker of mine recently bought two bags of "COMBOS" cheese filled snacks and decided to heat them up in the microwave oven. upon hitting "START", the fireworks inside the microwave looked just like the 4th. of July! (i saw it with my own eyes). When he took the bags out of the oven, the bags were Transparent!!. The shiny Electrically Conductive Aluminum coating inside the bags had dissapeared, and all the white paint had fallen inside the bags, rendering the snacks un-eatable...

Another friend of mine put an Ink-Jet pen in a microwave oven (just for 15 seconds) because the ink had dried up after a month of non-use. After he retreived the pen from the oven, the pen no longer worked. he was smart enough to notice that ALL of the thin copper traces between the Electrical Contacts and the Printhead Chip HAD DISSAPEARED!!!, Leaving just the Clear Yellow Kapton Tape...

Yeah I don't think anything computer-related should go near a microwave. Unless you're trying to ruin diskettes because you've found a better media.

O.K., My BEST Microwave Oven Trick:

My old house in Puerto Rico has been Broken-Into several times in the past by Drug Addicts and other Low-Lifes. I came up with a really Scary-errr Neat solution to protect my property.

I bought a brand new 1,000 watt microwave oven and took it completely apart (!). I fabricated an 8" X 12" Rectangular Conical Horn Antenna out of sheet metal, which i installed to the Output Flange of the Magnetron Tube. (which produces the microwave radiation). The Magnetron is powered by the Oven's 2,500 Volt High Voltage/Filament Transformer, Plus the Rectifier Diode and Capacitor that forms the Voltage Doubler that supplies the Magnetron with -5,000 Volts DC. The 120 Volts AC. is supplied through a Relay, whose Coil is powered by a Passive Infrared Body Heat/Motion Sensor.

The whole thing is mounted on a wooden pallet inside a room, which is surrounded and hidden by a large thin cotton bed sheet. (which is transparent to microvave radiation). The horn antenna, of course, points out the favorite window used by the crooks to enter the house. The IR. Motion Sensor is placed at a strategic location outside the house.

The way the thing works is as follows: The crook stakes out the house, finds the "unprotected" window, Stares in the window, looks at a Boombox and an old VCR. placed as bait. The IR. Sensor picks up his Body Heat, Firing up the Magnetron and aiming 1,000 Watts at 2.45 Ghz. Directly to his face. Withing 15 Seconds, the Corneas of Both his Eyes WILL TURN WHITE, (LIKE EGG WHITES) PERMANENTLY!!!. Poor guy wont have a clue as to why he lost his Eyesight. The ONLY way to recover his eyesight is to have BOTH CORNEAS REPLACED WITH NEW ONES, (Transplanted), at a high cost to him.

Let's see someone else Gross me out on this one!!!.....

My friend took an empty mini doritos back that had the shiny alumimun on the inside of the cover and put it in the microwave. And like you said we got 4th of july fireworks too except our bags looked exactly the same when they came out.......but they were shrunk down to 1 inch tall

What he said.

I wouldn't try that in the US....even if someone breaks into your house any type of harmful trap you set in place you are in fact liable for any damage you cause to the theif.

Besides your microwave another good place to put your laptop is ontop of your 400W subwoofer :P

DAMN!!!! if that thing works.... OMFG you have to set up a video camera for this one! that would be sooooooo awesome, i would definately want to do something like this but put it in my friends locker... could you post some pics of this, and perhaps some of the poor bastard that gets fried by it? lol i am NOT going to try breaking and entering now that i know that sickos, erm i mean clever folks like yourself are about.....

I knew someone would like it.....

I no longer live in Puerto Rico and i sold the contraption to a "trusted friend" for $600.00. If i ever pay him a visit, i'll take some pictures of it, so more people like you can "bug-out" on it!.

Did you know that the R.F. Power Output of a cell phone maxes out at 560mW.?. (you dont want too much power coming out of that thing so close to your ear)!!!.

The R.F. Power Output of the antennas on top of your average cell phone Tower is between 5 and 10 Watts. Enough to cause Measurable Bodily Harm to anyone on top of the tower for more than 4 to 5 hours...

As the folks in the air force say, you're gonna be having some trouble with FLKs (funny looking kids) if you mess around with that.