Then again, you can simply lighten your load by carrying less.
WaterField Bags’ (sfbags.com) Vertigo takes the minimalist approach. It will hold just your notebook and a couple of accessories. As the interior picture on the right below shows, the bag has a couple of pockets for a few small items. But mainly it will accommodate your laptop inside one of WaterField’s protective sleeves and one of the company’s pouches for power chargers and like accessories.

(Best way to buy is to get the bag, sleeve, and pouch as a bundle, which WaterField calls a “mambo combo.”)
You can get in your iPod and maybe a couple of pens. But don’t expect to be able to take files and books along. WaterField has other bags for that purpose. You also really don’t want to use this for larger notebooks. It works best with the kind of thin laptop pioneered by Apple and Sony and now made by practically everyone.
Vertigo holds the laptop vertically (doh!), which gives it an even smaller profile. By holding its width to the narrow side of your laptop, it minimizes the number of “oops, sorry about that” moments you have when the usual horizontal bag bumps into a bystander.
With this bag, less is more.
WaterField Bags’ (sfbags.com) Vertigo takes the minimalist approach. It will hold just your notebook and a couple of accessories. As the interior picture on the right below shows, the bag has a couple of pockets for a few small items. But mainly it will accommodate your laptop inside one of WaterField’s protective sleeves and one of the company’s pouches for power chargers and like accessories.
(Best way to buy is to get the bag, sleeve, and pouch as a bundle, which WaterField calls a “mambo combo.”)
You can get in your iPod and maybe a couple of pens. But don’t expect to be able to take files and books along. WaterField has other bags for that purpose. You also really don’t want to use this for larger notebooks. It works best with the kind of thin laptop pioneered by Apple and Sony and now made by practically everyone.
Vertigo holds the laptop vertically (doh!), which gives it an even smaller profile. By holding its width to the narrow side of your laptop, it minimizes the number of “oops, sorry about that” moments you have when the usual horizontal bag bumps into a bystander.
With this bag, less is more.