Spilled water on my laptop, an inexplicable miracle.

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Last night, I went to go get a snack and some water. When I came back to get back on the computer, my had hit the water cup the wrong way and it spilled onto the keyboard. I lifted the laptop computer up and there was water underneath. To my amazement, the computer was still running when a circuit should have shorted out. I turend it off. Is there any way to explain why it still works?

maybe you just watch too many movies.

they know that this happen, it would be stupid of them to produce laptops that are so sensitive to water.

i tipped over a glass of hot chocolate on my keyboard and that was worse, because it was sweet and my keys got glued.

W0W. I spilled Ramen 0n my laptop last semester, which is why I use 0s and copy and paste and use spell check 3 letters. Getting it finally fixed this semester.
As t0 how you were spared, I wish I knew!

Pure water isn't very electrically conductive. If it had been saltwater (or any kind of drink with significant sodium content) the results probably would have been worse.

forgot to post this,,,,but my nephew drop his mothers cell phone into a full glass of water,,,,after drying it worked fine which really surprised me.

Dropped my cellophane in a pool & still worked after a day drying out. Although the water was chlorinated and eventually that corroded the power jack to uselessness. My more recent phone got a trip in the washer. Dried out works fine.

some laptops have a plastic layer under the keyboard and it blocks water from entering the casing and ruining it, I only have heard about this with the dell vostro line

Lucky you, I had a laptop that I spilled coffee on, which killed the keyboard and the audio chip. Sporadic use of the audio chip returned a few months later, the keyboard, OTOH didn't survive.

I dropped my DS in water and it works, pay attention in school and youll find that it needs salt or iron in it to conduct electricy

Actually depending on the brand of laptop it may be designed to be somewhat water resistant.
Back when i used to frequent a local computer store. The technician showed me some obscure movie online that showed a well-known brand of laptop being tested in various ways.
One of which was a special tray like thing that contained any liquids spilled just under the keys. Supposedly as the laptop continued to run, the heat generated would drive off what was spilled.
Granted this was just what i saw on a mostly cgi demo reel in a foreign language.

At anyrate not everyone is as lucky as you are when it comes to beverages and laptops.