Hard case help?

[doctor bloomquist]

Can anyone help me with this? I've been trying to find a hard case for my T23 for a while without success. I'm not keen on laptop bags because they're such thief/mugger magnets, so I usually keep the lappy in a sleeve I made out of bubble wrap and duct tape, inside a normal record bag that has everything else a student lugs around.

Ideally I'm looking for a hard case to keep the Thinkpad from being squashed by books, A4 folders, water bottle etc in the record bag, rather than just a sleeve that protects from bumps and shocks.

I found this on eBay, if the link doesnt open it's item 360038265304:

http://tinyurl.com/6qhez9

It's *exactly* the kind of thing I'm after, but too small for a T23. The next size up is for 15" laptops. I asked the seller for exterior dimensions, and the 15" case is too big for my bag!


Has anyone come across a rigid case/sleeve for their Thinkpad? If you dont use a laptop bag what's your solution? I look like some kind of terrorist at uni, furtively rustling this duct taped, bubblewrapped thing out of my bag!!

[gator]

What is your budget? Pelican makes some real nice hardcases, but they are expensive (even used) and heavy ...

[jronald]

I dont think this is what you are after, but it has served everyone in my family well
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HM-103R&cat=NBB
I have 2 15" and a 17"

Ron

[doctor bloomquist]

Thanks for the advice peeps!

Budget wise, shall we say student budget (ahem). I got the Thinkpad for £89 so I'm being realistic about spending on a case for it - I have to say those aluminium ones are very well priced, though too tall for the bag (which is about 11.5" tall) unfortunately. I'll kep looking though!

[madkat]

offtopic
i saw in your signature: flat blob trackpoint - do you mean T4x series trackpoint? ... it fits on older keyboards?

the DVD made the same noise like yours - i solved the problem by replacing it whit a same one from a "parts" machine i have...
the floppy-ish one was a Hitachi (other than that working fine) - now i have a i-dont-know-what that appears in the device manager as HL-DT-ST... but original PN IBM

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[doctor bloomquist]

Offtopic- Mods! Mods! Heeeelp
I just got it off ebay, my t23 was second hand and the pointer was a bit worn. See http://tinyurl.com/5l5whm or if the link doesn't work ebay item 300247878580.

In the photo, from left to right is original style, the flat blob I use, and an unusable style flat blob (my opinion).

My dad's T21 has a Toshiba DVDrom that's silent at startup, so it must just be how the 8081N is made. Apparently my thinkpad has retro looks to go with the sound - my brother reckons it looks like an old sinclair spectrum! http://img178.imageshack.us/my.php?image=specpadqo2.jpg