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Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?

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251 points jgrahamc | 4 comments | 22 Sep 25 11:59 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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1970-01-01 ◴[22 Sep 25 22:23 UTC] No.45340356[source]▶
Why do almost all laptops not come with a built-in handle? That is the quintessence of a portable item. Forget the bag.
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1. 0_____0 ◴[22 Sep 25 23:10 UTC] No.45340763[source]▶
Weight. Packed size. Most people don't need a handle, so why waste volume and material on it?

I think the Toshiba Toughbook had a handle. I think many folks here, given their druthers, would design something that looked like a Toughbook, then become disenchanted with it for various completely foreseeable reasons, and go back to using their standard issue MBP.

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2. Dylan16807 ◴[23 Sep 25 01:02 UTC] No.45341652[source]▶
It's worth noting that by the time you make a rugged laptop it's actually bulkier than a small laptop bag with a handle.
3. eichin ◴[23 Sep 25 05:44 UTC] No.45343165[source]▶
*Panasonic Toughbook

(There were generations of these with handles, but at least in the early ones, the handle didn't dominate the dimensions - things like "removable drives encased in impact gel" did.)

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4. 0_____0 ◴[23 Sep 25 13:13 UTC] No.45346563[source]▶
Hah, I guess I'm a sucker for alliteration. Thanks for the correction.