For my Macbook, I wanted a carry bag that suited the relatively small size of the Macbook.
My old work laptop, weighing in at 3kg+ wasn’t all that portable. The shoulder bag made it cumbersome, and my shoulder used to ache getting it from the office to the train.
Finally, I was a allowed to buy a backpack, which was much better to carry, but still was quite a large bag for the train.
I was initially thinking of a backpack for the Macbook, and was looking at the Crumpler range (really stupid web-site).
But, I came across a shoulder bag call the Small Alley by STM.
Image from the “STM web-site”:http://www.stmbags.com.au/small-alley-gallery.html.
I really like this bag because the width of the laptop is carried vertically in the bag, and this, along with there being a sensible number of additional pockets, makes the bag quite small, just like the machine it carrys.