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>Bags and Suitcases</TITLE
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>Chapter 13. Accessories: PCMCIA, USB and Other External Extensions</TD
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>13.13. Bags and Suitcases</H1
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> You probably wonder, why I include this topic here. But shortly after
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using my COMPAQ Armada 1592DT I recognized that the rear side of the
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machine (where the ports are arranged) was slightly damaged. Though I
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have taken much care when transporting the laptop, this was caused by
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putting the bag on the floor. It seems that the laptop has so much
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weight, that it bounces inside the bag on its own rear side. So I
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decided to put a soft pad into the bag before loading the laptop. A good
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bag is highly recommended if you take your laptop on trips, or take it
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home every night.
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> Laptops computers are frequently demolished in their carrying bag. The
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two main causes of demolition are poking the LC display and banging the
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edges. A good case has very stiff sides to spread out pokes, and lots of
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energy-absorbent padding around the edges to help when you whack it on
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the door jamb. Few cases actually have either of these features.
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> More laptops are lost to theft than damage, so camouflage is a wise too.
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Emerson, Tom # El Monte <TOMEMERSON_AT_ms.globalpay.com> wrote: "I
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use for a laptop <EM
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>travelling bag</EM
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>: a Pyrex
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<EM
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>casserole carrier</EM
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> bag. Yup, you might think it
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<EM
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>odd</EM
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> to use a casserole bag for a laptop, but it
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turns out it has several advantages:
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> The one I use has a microwavable heating pad in it - while I
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don't actually heat this pad (it's meant to keep food warm while in
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transport), it does provide padding underneath the laptop. The carrier
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I have only has a lower - heating - pad, but there is also a similar
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carrier that has both a lower - heating - pad and an upper - cooling -
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pad - placed in the freezer to get it cold - -- the intent is that you
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keep one or the other in the bag to keep your food hot or cold as
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desired. A secondary advantage to the - cooling pad - pad is that if
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you've - chilled - it before taking the computer out for the day, it
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will keep the CPU cooler while you're running the laptop...
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> the top of the bag has a zipper on three sides, so it - opens - the
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same way as my laptop - I don't even need to take it out of the carrier
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to use the laptop
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</P
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> there is enough room at the side of the bag to store the external power
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supply, a regular Logitech mouseman, and the network - dongle - with
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BNC/TP ports - and if I had it, the modem/phone port as well -
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> there is enough clearance on top of the machine to include a handful of
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CD's or diskettes, if needed.
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> when it's left - unattended - in a car, it's less likely to be stolen -
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think about it, if you were a thief walking through a parking lot and
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eyeing the contents of cars, a - laptop bag - is instantly
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recognizable as holding a laptop computer - something that can be fenced
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at a pretty hefty profit, but if you saw a casserole carrier in the
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front seat of a car, would you think it contained anything OTHER than a
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casserole? - and probably half-eaten, at that... - Unless you are a
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hungry thief, chances are you'll skip this and move on.
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> likewise, I've heard that keeping a laptop computer in a diaper bag is
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another good - camouflage - technique - who in their right mind is
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going to steal a bag of - dirty - diapers?"
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