No Glove, No Love, Part 2 (or I Need a Seatbelt)
You’re all very tired of hearing about my latest purchase. Well, I have a nice L.L. Bean briefcase-like laptop bag that I’ve been using for about 4 years now. It’s a great bag. It served me well all through college. What made it even better was that it’s computer compartment fit my old Powerbook (the Pismo) perfectly. It was tight and snug in its padded compartment. It even had it’s own sleeve type thing that fit it.
Well, now I have a problem. The new Powerbook is much smaller. It flops around even in the sleeve thing that came with the bag. Being overly careful with my electronics, and this purchase in particular, I want to make sure it doesn’t flop around and possibly get scratched or damaged (not that I think it’s that sensitive).
There are lots of options, almost too many to count. I’m narrowing in on a sleeve from Waterfield Bags, as I’ve heard good things.
Again, comments, suggestions are always welcome.
I have a Waterfield sleeve for my pc laptop and I find it very well made. As a sleeve, its primary function is to keep the laptop from moving around too much in my briefcase. It served that purpose very well. It is not, however like the Brenthaven sleeve that is used in their briefcase and backpacks. The Brenthaven sleeve has some type of rigid backing, in addition to the padding. Consequently, it takes up more room in a briefcase than the Waterfield, but it offers greater protection.
I use the Brenthaven Mobility backpack for my ibook and I just bought the Brenthaven Powerbook bag for work. Ibook fits fine in the sleeve (a little extra room on the end) and plenty of room for extra hardware. A little sparse, however, on room for paperwork.
Good luck on your decision.
The Brenthaven bags certainly look very nice and I’d probably get one if I weren’t really interested in continuing to use my existing case. Seems a little silly that I’m getting all this new stuff for this laptop, but I won’t bite the bullet with a bag, but I like it a lot and it has plenty of room for papers (almost excessively).
Thanks for the tip though (and the comment on the Waterfield sleeve).
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