It's not just for carrying, but protection as well. So to answer the question, no, it's not the ultimate laptop bag.
But what if you wrap the Laptop in a towel?
Never go anywhere without your towel.
Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?
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#72> 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 cou…
Even if it's marginalized, you can still just use it. I think I used to think that way in high school, but it's hard for me to understand functioning adults avoiding a type of bag, otherwise useful, because it's associated with being poor.
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#73This has peak "suburbanite afraid of big cities and crime" energy
That means it's pretty widely applicable I think.
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#74> 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 cou…
Isn’t looking poor a good strategy for being an unattractive target for theft?
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#75Reminds me of the uglified camera to deter theft. https://web.archive.org/web/20090521084503/https://blog.jimm...
Reminds me of tips I used to see about how to cover valuable stuff up with one or two "dirty" towels to make criminals skip right past your "carbage".
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#76Huh. This is back on the front page after a hiatus of many hours. A bunch of people here question why I'd use a paper bag to carry a laptop from one place to another. As I said in the post it is "inconspicuous". That can be interpreted in a couple of ways.
One is simply not carrying something obviously containing expensive electronics which might be a target for theft. But having thought about this for a while that's not my biggest motivation. I hate ostentation. That's the reason I wear a Casio watch, would never wear clothes with a brand name plastered all over them, and drive a very boring car.
I do have a laptop sleeve that I use to protect the laptop and it slips easily into a bag. Prior to my silent bag purchase I did use random shopping bags (including canvas bags that seem to have sprouted like weeds in my cupboard), but after the board meeting situation mentioned I decided I'd try to find a long-lasting "paper" bag for the hell of it.
And I stumbled upon movie prop bags! Oh, and I hate backpacks.
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#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
The post doesn't say anything about worrying about it being stolen.
I think many are failing to come up with a more likely explanation for > For me, the ultimate laptop bag is one that looks nothing like a laptop bag; it should look like nothing special at all.
Crime is probably the best hypothesis but the other one to consider is that they have some sort of minimalist aesthetic, and they genuinely like the look of grocery bags (and nondescript bags in general).
If this was a security through obscurity tactic, why would they publish this blog post?
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#80Reminds me of the uglified camera to deter theft. https://web.archive.org/web/20090521084503/https://blog.jimm...
A very unfashionable diaper bag makes a good case for camera gear.