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Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?

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Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?

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Post by ghaff »

CBLT wrote: post #33
IanCal wrote: post #18

> For me, the ultimate laptop bag is one that looks nothing like a laptop bag; it should look like nothing special at all. 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…

> regular backpacks look nothing like a laptop bag You're missing some context here — this is in San Fransisco.

I don't even live in SF but I'm a bit skeptical that a lot of people even carry around an obvious dedicated laptop bag at this point. I don't see them.

Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?

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Post by BobaFloutist »

rammer wrote: post #16

No it is not ultimate it is a sad state of things that one is so worried about laptop bags being stolen that you have to hide it and make it inconspicuous in a paper bag. It's really sad that SFO is now the car burglary capital of the world.

>It's really sad that SFO is now the car burglary capital of the world.

The airport?

Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?

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Post by jonah-archive »

somat wrote: post #25

Slightly related: the ultimate move prop laptop was from "Twister" where they had sgi laptops. Note that sgi never made a laptop. 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://www.siliconbunny.com/silicon-graphics-laptops/

There's another photo of it in the thread here that didn't make it into the archived version: https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=5632

I have an O2 in storage and have been meaning to try a rebuild of this for... well, at least a decade at this point. Since I finally have a decent 3D printing setup now maybe I can actually make some progress this winter!

Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?

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Post by jollyllama »

jerlam wrote: post #62
jollyllama wrote: post #14

A made in SF Timbuk2 bag was (and is?) the ultimate laptop bag.

Vintage ones, maybe. Timbuk2 has been slowly moving their manufacturing overseas. Rickshaw Bagworks is the made in SF successor from the previous Timbuk2 CEO.

Good to know. I know they shifted some production, but it wasn't clear to me if the custom ones were still made in SF, and if the non-custom bags were made in SF any time in the last 15 years.

Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?

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Post by kragen »

IanCal wrote: post #18

> For me, the ultimate laptop bag is one that looks nothing like a laptop bag; it should look like nothing special at all. 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…

When I lived in San Francisco, backpacks were marginalized as being associated with being too poor to own a car. High-school students might carry a backpack, college students might carry a backpack, people on the bus might carry a backpack, but mostly not professionals who drove to work.

Maybe that's changed, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zwWpqsI_3s purports to be from 02022, and in its first minute, I count 17 pedestrians of whom 4 are wearing backpacks. So maybe backpacks are mainstream in SF now.

Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?

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Post by CBLT »

ghaff wrote: post #61
CBLT wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> regular backpacks look nothing like a laptop bag You're missing some context here — this is in San Fransisco.

I don't even live in SF but I'm a bit skeptical that a lot of people even carry around an obvious dedicated laptop bag at this point. I don't see them.

I've had my car burgled twice for them to only steal a backpack with nothing in it. I'm pretty sure the assumption is that backpacks have laptops.
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