Until recently, I used a Matias Laptop Armor case to carry around my PowerBook and a precious few accessories. And that was the problem there wasn't a lot of room in this case to carry around the incidentals that I needed for every day computer use. Laptop Armor provided excellent protection against damage to my machine, but after putting the mouse and power adapter into two inner pockets, the side of the case bulged out and I just knew that those two things were pressing up against the lid of my PowerBook, which seems like something bad. After the power adapter and mouse, there was no more room for anything else in the case, and I needed those other things. The Laptop Armor just wasn't going to do what I needed.
After watching a friend's PowerBook accidentally plummet to the floor in the Cincinnati Apple Store last year when a strap on his bag broke, I wanted something that would protect my own computer from such disastrous damage, but I also wanted something that provided plenty of room with lots of pockets to hold small bits and pieces. I knew RadTech had a selection of such items, and John Grzeskowiak and the RadTech staff had always treated me great, so I decided to solicit an opinion from him.
His suggestion: RadTech's MacTruck and Curve shoulderbag.
Read the complete review at aaronadams.net.
choosing PB armor that doesn't provide great protection against impacts,
and getting a shoulder bag when you clearly prefer a backpack.
The MacTruck seems pretty pointless IMHO. Main cause of damage
to fragile PB components - impacts, e.g. drops to the floor, hitting other
baggage in airports, rough treatment by handlers, etc. Seriously - when
was the last time you can recall destroying a gadget by placing too much
pressure on the outer shell when it was _already_ surrounded by foam
(cause I'm not suggesting transporting a PB without any protection)? Hell,
can you recall doing that to even an unenclosed gadget?
As for getting a shoulder bag instead of a backpack - huh?
AFAICS, a very well padded backpack would be a far better solution. I just
don't see why you'd compromise so heavily on such an important
solution? Especially when there are so many great backpacks out there.
Regards,
Jamie Kahn Genet
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