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Aluminum won't attract the magnet usefully, unfortunately.

• pklausler 10y ago
  Maybe a real hard disk drive will, though.
  • Gracana 10y ago
    It'll just slide down slowly. Try it, it's a cool experiment that showcases eddy currents.
    • hathawsh 10y ago
      I like the suggestion for a fun experiment, but I think pklausler was referring to the fact that strong magnets tend to wipe spinning hard drives, making magnets a bad idea for non-SSD laptops.
      • Gracana 10y ago
        Oh, duh. You're right, I totally misread that. :)
• mcescalante 10y ago
  Bummer, makes sense though