Mac – Operating altitude for a MacBook Pro

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I saw on the Apple website that the MacBook pro has a maximum operating altitude.

Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet

Does this mean that I should not use it on a plane? Or is this just a slick way for Apple to say, "It's not our fault if you use it on a plane and it breaks."

EDIT:
Thanks for everyone's responses. Although I understand now, it seems silly to for technical specs to specify an altitude if they are really specifying a pressure. Like, I understand water-resistant watches use depth, but it is clear that "water = bad" and consumers need an easily observable measure, whereas this line on the Apple website is completely misleading, and really, you have to be on a mountain, which isn't exactly a common scenario.

Best Answer

Well Airplane cabins are pressurized, so its not really 30k feet inside an airplane.

Pressurization is essential over 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) to protect crew and passengers from the risk of hypoxia and a number of other physiological problems in the thin air above that altitude and increases passenger comfort generally.

I would say the reason would be due to the hard drive specs. My Samsung says operate under 3000 meters, which is just under 10k feet, most apple products have this limit as well.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=416653

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