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[bzarcher]

Life. Is. Good.

John handed me an iBook when I got into work after lunch. "Format it, wipe it clean, and put Jaguar on it. Then decide what applications you need to use."
Me: "...need to use?"
John: "You're getting a desktop and a laptop for the internship. This laptop just came back from getting upgraded. It's yours."
Me: ...*glee*

So, I've now got a 350 mhz iBook with 192 MB of ram, 10.2.5. The hard disk is under 10 gigs, which kinda sucks, but I'm on the list for another upgrade during the year. :> And it even came with an Airport card. It's currently sitting next to me downloading updates. Also put Safari and office X on it.

Once the updates finish, I'm gonna see about putting Savitar on it, too, so that skarlette can use it while she's out here to MUSH or whatever if she wants. (Not that I'd ever MUSH from work...)

Now I just have to re-learn how to type on a laptop keyboard.

EDIT: Oh. While I'm thinking. The iBook did /not/ come with a bag. John suggested I just use my backpack, but my backpack is starting to fall apart after 4 years of hard use. I'm half considering one of the megatokyo bags, but I wondered if people had bags they'd had good experiences with?
Edit of the edit!: It doesn't have firewire, no. I wish it was an iBook SE. Not /quite/ that cool. But it is orange! And it's a clamshell! And it's not the crappy white tablet version! Because those look and feel like bricks.

Comments

[mephron]

I have two bags I use, depending on the situation. One is a Targus Sport Deluxe Backpack, the other is a High Sierra A.T. Gear Deluxe Computer Case .

Both work well, I just use them for different things - the backpack's not looked upon so well at work, so the ATGear tends to come with me then, whereas for weekends away I'll use the backpack.

I'd check eBags for ideas, too, just because they have a whole lot of bags.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Thank you. I'm gonna take a look at all of this tonight.

[friendpersonpat.livejournal.com]

Well obtained, friend, well obtained.

[ladyfoxfire.livejournal.com]

We lug our laptop around in a Samsonite laptop case. It's not a bookbag type, more of a briefcase. It's survived numerous conventions, bi-weekly tabletop games, and two round-trip airline flights so far. Having never owned an iBook, I don't know if it would fit or not, but you might want to have a look.

[dklegman.livejournal.com]

I've used an old Jansport laptop backpack I got during college. My (square, awesome) iBook fits perfectly in the padded center compartment, and there is ample room elsewhere for cables/adapters/phone/stuff. Except for the exterior pocket mesh, it is just about unbustable.

If I was given lots of money to get a new backpack, I would almost certainly get a Boblbee Megalopolis hardshell backpack. I think CompUSA sells/sold them at some point. The pack might otherwise be hard to get around here unless you ordered one online. It is also expensive, hovering around the $200 mark. It looks worth every penny, though.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Ahh, but I do want to keep this under $50 if I can...particularly since I want something that will be far more comfortable and ergonomic, much like my superior clamshell. Though Jansport /does/ rock. My Jansport's held up great for 7 years. It's just that this one won't hold the iBook. It's not quite wide enough.