For this movie bag, it would be cool to see some more modifications. Maybe sew in a laptop sleeve and accessories pouch to make everything fit better?
1. Like this: https://i.etsystatic.com/42664500/r/il/709f97/5624109170/il_...
It's really sad that SFO is now the car burglary capital of the world.
> For me, the ultimate laptop bag is one that looks nothing like a laptop bag; it should look like nothing special at all.
Why else try to hide that this is laptop bag?
That sounds like almost any regular backpack then. They can also be pretty weather proof, don't need to be carried in one hand, aren't open topped showing what's inside easily, and padded. Any simple and cheap backpack would solve this exact problem but better surely, unless your desire is to be different rather than just to move your laptop from one place to another with little ceremony.
You're missing some context here — this is in San Fransisco.
Where I'm from, a simple and cheap backpack is just as much a target as a laptop bag. The only solution is to just keep an eye on your stuff, and be aware of your surroundings, at all times.
In Sweden I wouldn't think twice either...
I'm upvoting some of the comments though, and I'm guessing the algorithm takes that into account when determining it's position on the frontpage :-/
However what is even cooler is that someone actually circuit bent a sgi O2 into laptop form factor. Unfortunately the link to the project page is dead, my disappointment is immeasurable.
https://web.archive.org/web/20050212100138/http://www.jumbop...
And the bit on product placement
https://web.archive.org/web/20000414090221/http://www.bftr.c...
Best bag? No
Fun? Yeah
Why, exactly? Is the thought that a thief is less likely to steal your laptop if he thinks it's a bag of groceries?
All of the other shortcomings seem to vastly outweigh the gain (lack of bang/bump protection; the fact that you're carrying a laptop in a grocery bag makes it more likely to naturally sway and bang against your leg as you carry it; that if you set it down like a grocery bag it will probably topple over due to lack of structural integrity; that you're leaving it out in the open rather than concealing it in your backpack; etc). And for all that trade-off, I'm not even sure what problem he's trying to solve in the first place that he feels his laptop bag should be inconspicuous above all else.
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