I don't know why they stopped making this bag. It's perfect for my 35mm SLRs and my 13inch MacBook Pro. Everything is carried securly inside. The straps are well sewn onto the bag. The clips that hold the top down are very sturdy and the strap is comfortable enough for all day carry. If you need a messenger style bag to carry a single camera body and a lens, plus a small computer or tablet, this is it.
Using it in the real world
I started with bringing it to work. My company has a Bring Your Own Device network. Mostly for letting people check their work email on their personal phones without exposing the corporate intranet to outside devices. So integrating a Chromebook for my needs worked well. I spend most my day going from meeting to meeting, taking notes and making presentations. So I don’t have a huge reliance on the internal network files. I can store my OneNote notebook on the cloud and access it through Microsoft’s OneNote Online app. The all-day battery life, I usually get about 11 hours, of the Chromebook, is perfect for me. No more carrying a laptop and a power cord, needing to sit in the back of the conference room so I can use a plug as the day goes on.
What it gets right
The keyboard is also great. Some reviews complained about the shallow stroke of the keys, I for one like it. It makes for quieter typing while I am taking notes in meetings. I am able to type away without disturbing the proceedings. The keyboard is also spacious. I can’t type for long sessions and not have any issues with my hands cramping, which is something that bothered me with the Dell. In fact, I am typing this review on it now. I keep reading other reviews and they always say that, so I figured I should also.
The screen is fantastic, the 1080p really pops and the colors look great. I sometimes will pull super HD videos up on YouTube just to see how good the screen looks. It has a low gloss finish so there is usually no problem with glare. I have not tried this laptop outside yet but I doubt the screen will be any less great. I also do some light photo editing and the clarity of the screen really helps with making those fine adjustments to darker images.
This laptop comes with a mid-range Intel Celeron processor and 4GB RAM. On board is also 32GB of storage. I did buy it new so I also got a free 100GB on Google Drive. 98% of the files I need or use are on a cloud somewhere. So only having the 32GB with me is never a problem. Most other Chromebooks have an SD Card expansion slot, this one does not. It has not been an issue and I don’t think it really will. I am almost never somewhere without access to WiFi.
This laptop also has two USB 3.0 ports, which makes transferring files to a USB stick a snap. When I need to do that, again, not often. It also has a headphone/headset jack that works great with my inline mic headphones. I am able to use Google Hangouts video chat without any issues.