In the Market

I’m looking for a new laptop backpack or carrying case. It has to have enough room to carry a few books (like my Stroustroup) a mouse, the power cord for my iBook, and some other miscellaneous cables (plus my 12″ iBook!). I took a look at a few bags and I’m quite pleased with the options I have. The first place I looked was RadTech (because I’m going to get their laptop feet since my iBook’s are long gone) and found a couple bags I liked. I also saw a cool glove. Then I checked out Apple’s store to see what they had, and I found one that looks promising. Does anyone out there have any suggestions for me? Also, what other cool iBook accessories do people have that they can’t live without? Let me know :).

This entry was written by Bryan Forbes, posted on April 8, 2005 at 5:39 pm, filed under Computers. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

8 Comments

  1. Chris
    Posted April 8, 2005 at 6:02 pm | Permalink

    I’ve got a Swiss Army backpack that I’m happy with. Fits my 15" laptop plus several books/wires/etc. pretty easily.

    http://amos.shop.com/amos/c...

  2. Michael P
    Posted April 8, 2005 at 6:08 pm | Permalink

    For hip urban bags, it’s hard to beat <a href="http://www.chromebags.com/">Chrome</a>.

    The <a href="http://www.chromebags.com/c...">Citizen</a> is what I use, but I ride a bike (they are generally regarded as the best cycling messenger bags by far). If you don’t need something that goes on your back, they have shoulder bags and stuff, too. I had one of those a long time ago, too. It was really well built, like all their bags. I think they come with lifetime warranties.

  3. ian mckellar
    Posted April 8, 2005 at 7:52 pm | Permalink

    I like my crumpler backpack a lot.

    When I had an ibook I used a timbuk2 sleeve.

  4. Bobby Cox
    Posted April 8, 2005 at 8:44 pm | Permalink

    I’ve own(ed) a couple, but I definitley recommend this site. http://spireusa.com I own the Endo. Cool thing is they have removable sleeves specifically made for your laptop size. Most other backpacks/messenger bags have the sleeve built in.

  5. desrt
    Posted April 8, 2005 at 9:01 pm | Permalink

    for bags: check out http://www.sfbags.com/

    expensive but really nice.

  6. bryan stalcup
    Posted April 8, 2005 at 9:17 pm | Permalink

    http://www.booqbags.com/ind...

    perfect

  7. weega13
    Posted April 9, 2005 at 7:33 am | Permalink

    I just went thru this… picked up a Brenthaven Trek at <a href="http://www.newegg.com/">newegg</a>.
    Includes the removable sleeve and not "strap-happy" like some of the others.

  8. Zach
    Posted April 14, 2005 at 2:46 pm | Permalink

    I second the Crumpler suggestion. I have a Crumpler messenger bag, and it’s one of the highest quality bags I’ve seen. They have backpacks, too, if you don’t want a messenger bag, and even hard-sided sleeves specifically sized for Apple notebooks.

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