Originally Posted by
Banshee365
I need to get a new laptop and I want one that fit's well in the pouch in my PNT bag. My g/f's 15.4" barely fits and it takes some tugging and pushing to get it in and out. I'm looking at the Lenovo's and am trying to decide between the X series and T series. I'm almost positive on the T series because of the built-in optics and faster processor's so I can run other programs I want back at home. The 14" T61p looks like it should fit well in the bag but is anyone having problem with the added thickness and fitting the bag in a CRJ overhead? Seems like I would have to pack less clothes in the bag and carry and extra duffle to fit other things, which I kind of need anyways. The extra laptop bag is a major pain since I have my lunch box and headset case too. Need to get some damn Telex 750's so I can just lay them in my flight case or something.
I would tread carefully doing that. My previous laptop's screen died doing that. Fortunately it was a few years old so I wasn't too crushed, but I have no doubt that's the reason the screen went to hell. The padding in the PNR bag is ok, but even packing light, you're still scrunching everything when you go to put it in the CRJ overheads since that bag BARELY fits as it is. I ended up buying a Targus leather case that attaches over the handle just to play it on the safe side. It's MUCH more protected that way, and hardly more of an inconvenience. But to answer your question, I have a Lenovo T series 14" laptop and it would fit in that compartment... but you will never see me put it there.