Carrying Your IT Equipment With You?

dada21 asks: "As an on-the-go journalist, IT consultant, entrepreneur and blogger, I find myself with way too much stuff. About 5 years ago I started to downsize and cut back to just 2 PCs total (small laptop and PVR desktop), 1 PDA, and 2 cell phones (main and backup). The laptop goes everywhere (doubling as a great GPS center in the vehicle for those long road trips), the PDA does, too. Traveling with all 4 electronic devices is a mess of cables: power/charger, USB, and the like. Everything is light and small but the bulk of all of it adds up. I currently use a Toy Machine messenger bag but it just doesn't work when you're trying to shove a file folder, pen/appointment selection and a day-timer in it. I'll spend the cash, even if it is really expensive, for the convenience, speed and quality for a jack-of-all-bags that can handle the jack-of-all-trades. What bag is the best solution?"

Why, yes, I do.

[trs9000]

I don't have no purse or nothin in my pockets and I still carry all my IT equipment with me, if you know what I mean.

Re:already covered?

[hector_uk]

i carry with me: ibook g3. ipod, newton, airport express, external modem, 2x usb 2 cables 2x firewire cables one 6-4 pin adapter, an ipod psu and dock, ibook charger, spare battery, backup HD, first gen 5GB ipod with extra long 21 hour battery, xbox 360 headset and memory card with my profile and portable saves, 360 games in a cd book with OS X disks windows 2k, XP 2k3 server, office 2003, office 2004 mac, adobe creative suit 2 full, DVD with random usefull utilities, external bluetooth usb adapter thingy, bluetooth mouse, toothbrush, toothpase, spare pair of boxers and socks, 5m cat 6 ethernet cable with crossover adapter, modem cable, null modem cable, 25 pack DVD cake, 25 pack CD cake, mini ITX pc i build from a K6-2 mobo 1.8" HD and slimline slot loading dvd drive inside a fake book. yet i still dont have a mobile phone.

Easy solution

[Groo Wanderer]

Have your house boy carry it behind you, generally 5 paces is considered respectful. Barring that, you can just have the limo driver deliver it to the place you are going while the throngs greet you upon making an appearance. That always gives me enough time to say hi and to have my stuff unpacked and booted up on my arrival.

It really isn't so hard if you put your mind to it, why do you act so 'working class'?

        -Charlie

Re:already covered?

[daddymac]

What, no towel?