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?"

Comments

Dual Boot?

[Shadow_139]

Just setup the laptop to Dual Boot. 80gb internal Hdd, and a small external USB/Firewire HDD, Iv seen and used 60gb host powered usb drives that work in Winblow and Linux installed. -------- "Dear Diary, I seem to be dead." -Nny

Backpack + Sleeves

[TechnoBoffin]

I'd vote for a regular backpack and use separate sleeves for each of the laptops. That would give you individual padding on the laptops and lots of extra pockets for mice, USB thingys, dongles, power bricks, CDs, swappable drives, etc. If you're going to use the bag exclusively for the laptops, you could even fold up a towel or something to put in the bottom of the bag for extra padding in case of a drop, or just for the average setting the bag down. As a bonus, your bag won't stand out to thieves quite as much as a laptop-specific bag.

Re:Backpack + Sleeves

[Chaostrophy]

Most definately, your back will thank you! I caried too much for too long in a regular bag, the back pack is much nicer to live with.

RoadWired bag

[nekoniku]

I've got a RoadWired camera bag; they seem to make tough, capable stuff. Here's a mondo laptop bag that might do the trick:

RoadWired Laptop Bag

The video on their site of a guy unpacking one of their bags is impressive and kind of amusing at the same time -- sort of like when all those clowns get out of the little clown car.

nn

thinner

[dleifelohcs]

Those are definitely not light, or thin laptops. Get a smaller, thinner one. And Dual boot or VMWare.

Very sparse on the details of why you didn't like VMWare or even if you tried Dual Booting.

Try it again.

Two laptops? Save your back

[SmallFurryCreature]

Unless you got the thinest and lightest under powered over priced gadgets this is going to weigh tons.

Yet man kind has invented something for this. Wheels.

Get one nice laptop with a nice screen and get a powerfull one.

Get a professional carrying case with wheels. Something they use to haul tv equipment in. You are a geek, look like a geek.

Fix one the powerfull ugly laptop in a permanant way but so you can still operate it. If you get a suitcase like model, screw the display to lid. so that when you open the lid of the cause you can then let the bottom of the laptop fall and have access to the machine without losing it if you need access.

Lift the better looking laptop out of the case. Close case and put away. Hoopup good looking laptop to equipment in case and use vnc or similar to then have both oses running at the same time on their own hardware. If even VNC isn't good enough then use two ugly laptops, fix them permently inside and buy an LCD monitor mouse and keyboard and a KVM switch.

Problem solved. Sure you look like a dork but this is /. Better then carrying two laptops in a bag. I did this for a while. Damn that shit is heavy.

Re:Two laptops? Save your back

[JabberWokky]

They make nice looking luggage dollys for people like paralegals and others who need to constantly transport large amounts of paperwork. They are expensive (but are generally leather and have laptop padding) so you often see people just using the fairly inexpensive ballistic nylon hand luggage (the kind with the extendable handle and two wheels). I'd say one of those two options is your best bet. The professions that need to cart about the same amount of stuff from place to place (usually to court) has already solved this problem.

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Evan

Carry only one small laptop.

[LWATCDR]

Setup a linux box someplace runing VNC and just use your XP Laptop to long into it. I do a lot of work on my linux box at work with my laptop at home using putty but then again am mainly doing server stuff.