My two cents.
The point shall not be where it is safer to discharge without a resistor.
The point shall be whether it is safe to discharge without a resistor or not.
And the answer is no, it is not safe.
If you have a proper resistor, any chassis point is OK for grounding. Safest and most obvious choice is surely the designated one, though.
Later flyback transformers (there is a list somewhere with the corresponding codes) are equipped with a bleeding resistor, which annihilate the residual voltage upon shutdown. Better to be cautious, though, and follow the discharge procedure all the times, with all the Macs.
The point shall not be where it is safer to discharge without a resistor.
The point shall be whether it is safe to discharge without a resistor or not.
And the answer is no, it is not safe.
If you have a proper resistor, any chassis point is OK for grounding. Safest and most obvious choice is surely the designated one, though.
Later flyback transformers (there is a list somewhere with the corresponding codes) are equipped with a bleeding resistor, which annihilate the residual voltage upon shutdown. Better to be cautious, though, and follow the discharge procedure all the times, with all the Macs.
