Re: Carrying 'Pads

[Michael Klenner <klennerm@is.nyu.edu>]

At 12:54 PM 6/26/96 -0400, you wrote:
>| I have a question for all of you 760 series owners out there, and toshiba
>| tecra owners may comment as well.  I realize this is a subjective
>| evaluation, but I wonder what you all think about the weight of these
>| machines.  Is it so heavy that a student carrying one across campus would
>| quickly experience shoulder fatigue?  Have any of you tried carrying the 760
>| with nothing in the floppy/cdrom bay to save weight, and does it seem to
>| make much of a difference?  I would love to have one of these machines, but
>| i'm afraid that I would be sorry the first time I walked across campus with
>| it.  Most of the people I've read comments from seem to be using notebooks
>| in business settings, so weight may not be as much an issue, or maybe it is.
>| Any thoughts would be appreciated.  

I've got both a 760 and a slightly heavier 755cx.  I carry them routinely
without fatigue.  In fact, I use a fairly bulky carry case as well. Of
course, some people fatigued more easily than others.  You might look into
getting yourself a special laptop backback.  I have one from CompuAID which
looks exactly like a normal Jansport type bookbag and is not labeled, so it
won't attract theives.  Inside, it has a custom pocket which holds a
ThinkPad firmly.  There is also room for accessories, and/or books and such.
Such an arrangement offers an inconspicuous method for transporting your
machine, and it's no different than carrying a bookbag, so if you can do
that, you can do this.

-Mike
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