Are you a laptopper?

[hawglet]

I have a Kelty backpack that is made for 2-3 day trip backpacking. I remove the water bladder from it and put the laptop with sleeve into the pocket. I try not to carry it on the bike, but those first few days in the summer when it's starting to get near the 80* mark it's hard to pass up the bike on the way through the garage to get to the cage.

[Slonishku]

None of the vote options fit...

That's nuttier than loading clocks into bathtubs made of giraffe bellies.

I have my Dell 700m (small) in a neoprene sleeve, carried in a Givi G36 topcase. It's usually surrounded by clothes, and I make a token effort to make sure the laptop isn't in direct contact with the Givi itself to avoid shock/ vibration.

[kendenton]

Laptop in a neoprene sleeve sitting atop 1" of closed-cell foam in my tankbag.  So far, so good.

[Walker]

I carry a laptop to and from work and school and gym, a smaller Sony Vio, but sometimes I also carry my old HP desktop replacement machine...

I carry them inside a laptop case, and that goes inside my Timbuk2 messenger bag.  I highly recommend this method of carry.  It is uber comfortable and convienent.  Also, no worries about leaning, as it has a chest strap that goes around and keeps the bag in place on the small of my back.

For trips where I'm packing gear and traveling, I do everything in my power to leave the laptop at home... I'm trying to get away from it, not take it with me!  For 90% of the time in those cases, my PDA was enough... my new PDA is a smartphone, so I can stay 'connected', but I often use the 'poor cell coverage' excuse.

For the one time on a business trip where I had to take a laptop, I packed it in my laptop bag and that inside my Tourmaster tailbag strapped onto my bike.  For the trip home I had it shipped home ahead of me.

Seriously, I highly recommend Timbuk2 bags for carrying stuff http://www.timbuk2.com/tb2/retail/catalog.htm

[sammyseaman]

That's nuttier than loading clocks into bathtubs made of giraffe bellies.