People are forgetting that this is not the same world that we grew up in. But I see no reason to panic.
My daughter started walking home from school this year so I got her a phone with GPS. We already had Sprint so we went with them.
Their "family locator" service costs $5/month and you can try it for free if you are already a Sprint user. I can track her via my phone or with a web browser. The service enables you to set up events that you are notified about. For example if my daughter is not home by 3:30 then I get a text message on my phone and my wife and I get an email with the details.
If you already use Sprint, you should look into this.
Lands' End has a selection of briefcases that are designed to carry a
laptop . They also have a backpack and a shoulder bag.
The Ballistic cases are heavy weight nylon and the others are canvas.
They have a selection of COLORS if you don't like boring black.
The Canvas Square Rigger Laptop Attache that I bought years ago is still going strong. It is great to be able to stuff almost anything into the bag. It also has the advantage of not looking like a laptop bag. The briefcase models range from $90 - $120.
Since I bought my briefcase model, they've come out with a backpack for laptops that looks pretty decent - I'd get one if I didn't already have the briefcase. It has a pocket for a portable CD player with a pass-through for the headphone cord. There is also a cell phone pocket. This one is about $50.
The shoulder bag sounds like it has a bunch of pockets for Cell Phone, PDA, etc. which might be a good thing for some people.
Lands' End stuff is typically very well made and is guaranteed forever - if something breaks (unlikely) or wears out - send it back for a refund or new item.
I wonder if that nice logo shown on the top of the unit is just for looks in the photos? Once you mount the thing in a rack, who is going to see it anyway? Skip the logo and knock $10 off the price.
I believe that 24 bit color is now standard with the newer models of the Ultra 5? They made some changes in the base configuraion within the past 3 months when they introduced some newer models of the Ultra 5.
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People are forgetting that this is not the same world that we grew up in. But I see no reason to panic. My daughter started walking home from school this year so I got her a phone with GPS. We already had Sprint so we went with them. Their "family locator" service costs $5/month and you can try it for free if you are already a Sprint user. I can track her via my phone or with a web browser. The service enables you to set up events that you are notified about. For example if my daughter is not home by 3:30 then I get a text message on my phone and my wife and I get an email with the details. If you already use Sprint, you should look into this.
Find someone who can actually use the stuff. Try http://www.gigoit.org/
Lands' End has a selection of briefcases that are designed to carry a laptop . They also have a backpack and a shoulder bag.
The Ballistic cases are heavy weight nylon and the others are canvas.
They have a selection of COLORS if you don't like boring black.
The Canvas Square Rigger Laptop Attache that I bought years ago is still going strong. It is great to be able to stuff almost anything into the bag. It also has the advantage of not looking like a laptop bag. The briefcase models range from $90 - $120.
Since I bought my briefcase model, they've come out with a backpack for laptops that looks pretty decent - I'd get one if I didn't already have the briefcase. It has a pocket for a portable CD player with a pass-through for the headphone cord. There is also a cell phone pocket. This one is about $50.
The shoulder bag sounds like it has a bunch of pockets for Cell Phone, PDA, etc. which might be a good thing for some people.
Lands' End stuff is typically very well made and is guaranteed forever - if something breaks (unlikely) or wears out - send it back for a refund or new item.
I wonder if that nice logo shown on the top of the unit is just for looks in the photos? Once you mount the thing in a rack, who is going to see it anyway? Skip the logo and knock $10 off the price.
I believe that 24 bit color is now standard with the newer models of the Ultra 5? They made some changes in the base configuraion within the past 3 months when they introduced some newer models of the Ultra 5.
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