Originally Posted by
Global_Hi_Flyer
Shouldn't be a problem. I saw someone go through BWI security with three recently. One was brand new in a sealed box, and the TSA folks made him open the box, disgorge the computer (along with packing material), install the battery, and send it through the X-Ray in it's own individual bin. With a separate bin for all the accessories. And the empty box on its own.
WTH?!?!

If it's a brand new-in-the-box laptop, what would installing a discharged battery accomplish? I don't care what MrsJ says, when we go to DC to visit for Christmas, we're not flying through BWI!