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What's The Ultimate Multi-Laptop Bag?
huckin_fappy writes "One great bonus of my job, I can be effective anywhere I can get a broadband point. If someone have a wireless router running, even better! The downside? Hauling the gear. The hazard of the job is that I need to be running WindowsXP and Linux. I experimented with all sorts of VMWare, Bochs, Wine, etc, and none of it cuts it for my needs. So assume you find yourself lugging around 2 IBM A31P laptops everywhere, with wireless cards, power supplies, wireless mice, etc. What's the best solution? Is there a large bag out there that is designed for such a load? Or am I better with two smaller bags? If smaller, are there bags designed to attach together in bizarre ways to mke them easier to lug?"
We've had a Targus CUN1 for a few years. Carries our (not very small) Compaq Prolinea and Dell 8000. Also carries a Canon bubblejet printer and a ton of other crap. And it's a pretty small, tough bag.
Do you need to have windowsXP AND linux running at the same time?
If you don't, a simple dual-boot will work fine.
If you do, vmware should work great. It does for me.
This subject has already been covered about a month ago here. Personally I've been using an older version of this bag for about 5 years. I've recently considered purchasing a Crumpler bag. I know they have several bags capable of carrying more than 1 laptop, or a camera and a laptop. Specifically, look for Brian's Hot Tub. Another user reported toting 3 laptops in this one!
How's it feel to be responded to by a zealot? Seriously though, if VMWare won't cut it, what makes you think VPC will?
No joke. This guy may be marked a troll, but it's true: if VMware doesn't cut the cheeze, VPC won't. I I have a pretty badass setup- two monitors, two computers (one mac and one pc) and one kb+mouse, hooked up with win2vnc. I've XP on the PC, and wanted Linux too. First, I tried it under VPC, but it was so slow that I gave up. But under VMware it's quite nice- 5 times as fast. This Mac isn't the fastest on the block- a 1.25 GHz G4 PowerMac- but it's not like the PowerBooks are any faster, with the fastest at 1.5 GHz.
I totally dig my Mac, but VPC probably wouldn't cut it for this guy.
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As in the last time someone asked for advice on a bag (wasn't it pretty recently?), Tom Bihn is the maker for rugged, utilitarian cases. The Brain Bag has two laptop compartments and other pockets galore for all your other gear. It may cost more than other cases, but it will last five times as long, so it's worth it. http://www.tombihn.com
Click the folder icon at the bottom of the Virtual PC window and share your drive. It will show up as a network drive in virtual PC with the letter you assign.
You can share a directory or an entire drive.
You can also copy files to and from your Windows and Mac environment by dragging and dropping them.
Finally, you can mount your Windows disk image as a volume in OS X (go to Settings in the virtual PC window).
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