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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?
Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?
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Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?
#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Maybe you're used to being around functioning adults who don't need other people's approval, for example because they're rich.
Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
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?
No, police punish theft from rich people, not theft from poor people.
Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
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?
You think laptop thieves will read the blog and start stealing brown paper bags on the off chance there's a laptop inside?
To me it seems like a pretty good strategy, with the downsides being you have to lug it around by the handle (no back or shoulder strap, which would spoil the camo effect), and it doesn't have pockets for small things like cables / dongles / etc.
Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?
#85No 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.
Maybe San Francisco wins California, but are you sure it’s higher than other parts of the world?
Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?
#86> 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…
> and padded
I prefer to use a laptop sleeve, and then it doesn't matter if it is padded or not.
Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
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?
> Isn’t looking poor a good strategy for being an unattractive target for theft?
Looking poor is also an expression of wealth where wealth is defined money one has not yet spent which provides options in the future. (Source "The Psychology of Money" by Morgan Housel.)
Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?
#88> 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…
What is 02202? A postal code?
Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?
#89No 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.
Maybe San Francisco wins California, but are you sure it’s higher than other parts of the world?
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Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?
#90Huh. 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…
Blogging about this makes you seem ostentatious about not appearing ostentatious. You might want to stop worrying about bags and start worrying about how you actually present yourself (or stop - depending on where your issues lie :P).