They've stopped (at least at PHL, BWI, and DTW) making you power up the laptop like they used to do shortly after 9/11/2001.
I think the only way they'd make someone power up their laptop is if it shows something wonky on the X-ray, or if they think the person is suspicious.
I've taken various laptops in and out of the country (mostly via the Niagara Falls entry point) and I've never even been asked specifically about my laptop. Then again, I also don't carry my laptop in a traditional laptop bag, so it probably doesn't get picked up by customs as being a laptop when they see the bag in the car.
I haven't taken a laptop overseas, but with the restriction on no-carry on's on the flights into the UK, I probably won't bother taking it if I go to visit...the ban better be lifted by the time I move there.
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Date: 2007-01-22 08:49 pm (UTC)I think the only way they'd make someone power up their laptop is if it shows something wonky on the X-ray, or if they think the person is suspicious.
I've taken various laptops in and out of the country (mostly via the Niagara Falls entry point) and I've never even been asked specifically about my laptop. Then again, I also don't carry my laptop in a traditional laptop bag, so it probably doesn't get picked up by customs as being a laptop when they see the bag in the car.
I haven't taken a laptop overseas, but with the restriction on no-carry on's on the flights into the UK, I probably won't bother taking it if I go to visit...the ban better be lifted by the time I move there.