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nMP Carrying Case/Bag Options

Picked up this Golla case at Best Buy on sale (39.99 USD) today. Loving it so far!
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golf1410 said:
How is the pad and everything?
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Seems well cushioned on all sides to me. I'd never check it on a plane, or stack something on top, but for what I'll use it for (daily commute/10 minute walk) it's perfect. Seems well made too- should last a good while. Plus it's much cheaper than a lot of the custom cases.
 
Switchfoot said:
Seems well cushioned on all sides to me. I'd never check it on a plane, or stack something on top, but for what I'll use it for (daily commute/10 minute walk) it's perfect. Seems well made too- should last a good while. Plus it's much cheaper than a lot of the custom cases.
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This made me laugh.

I've been working with computers since the 1970s. Looking back to the time when I first managed a datacenter with the capacity of this mac pro puts the clock back to the early to mid 90s. Huge boxes from SGI and pyramid, several IBM SP/2 frames, hundreds of 5-1/4" spindles, FDDI and 10 base-2 networks, several thousand users.

You are giving advice on a backpack for carrying this while you walk to work! Not a convoy of tractor trailer trucks, a backpack. Damn.
 
Switchfoot said:
Picked up this Golla case at Best Buy on sale (39.99 USD) today. Loving it so far!
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Interesting, I checked the website and dimension wise it's not supposed to fit.

I guess it must've been a very snug fit?
 
JQuick said:
This made me laugh.

I've been working with computers since the 1970s. Looking back to the time when I first managed a datacenter with the capacity of this mac pro puts the clock back to the early to mid 90s. Huge boxes from SGI and pyramid, several IBM SP/2 frames, hundreds of 5-1/4" spindles, FDDI and 10 base-2 networks, several thousand users.

You are giving advice on a backpack for carrying this while you walk to work! Not a convoy of tractor trailer trucks, a backpack. Damn.
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Haha- I hear ya. Still amazes me when I can plug it up at either spot and be working in 10 seconds or so with a full desktop machine. I'm sure the rMBP will match it in 2-3 years, but a portable desktop is exactly what I've been waiting for.


wheelhot said:
Interesting, I checked the website and dimension wise it's not supposed to fit.

I guess it must've been a very snug fit?
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That's the funny thing- the LowePro I tried earlier seemed like the dimensions would fit (albeit snugly) yet there was not a chance on earth of getting the nMP in that bag. I just eyeballed this one at the store, and it honestly doesn't feel stuffed in there at all. It does touch on the sides, but I prefer that over having it roll around in there. Also, about 4-5 inches clearance on the top, but it comes with soft dividers so I'll just make a power cord and accessories portion.


The plus for me is I own a DSLR with a few lenses, so I used it tonight to carry around my camera gear. Again, fit the bill perfectly. Might get tedious switch out the dividers all the time though, so I'll probably order a second one soon.
 
JQuick said:
This made me laugh.

I've been working with computers since the 1970s. Looking back to the time when I first managed a datacenter with the capacity of this mac pro puts the clock back to the early to mid 90s. Huge boxes from SGI and pyramid, several IBM SP/2 frames, hundreds of 5-1/4" spindles, FDDI and 10 base-2 networks, several thousand users.

You are giving advice on a backpack for carrying this while you walk to work! Not a convoy of tractor trailer trucks, a backpack. Damn.
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You must have missed the days of Apple LAN parties with everyone carrying their SE30s to someone's house. Good old days. ;D
 
wildmac said:
You must have missed the days of Apple LAN parties with everyone carrying their SE30s to someone's house. Good old days. ;D
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Yeah, I missed out on those. By the time of the SE30 I still had never used a Mac, but I was lucky enough to get a 6 month loaner system from NeXT. It was an early cube with an optical disk running NeXTStep 0.9. From that point on (until Mac OS X developer preview) my main systems at home and work ran NeXTStep or OPENSTEP. So, I did not come to Apple and Mac OS X as a Mac user but as a NeXT refugee.

Switchfoot said:
Haha- I hear ya. Still amazes me when I can plug it up at either spot and be working in 10 seconds or so with a full desktop machine. I'm sure the rMBP will match it in 2-3 years, but a portable desktop is exactly what I've been waiting for.
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My first "portable" computer was a desktop: a NeXT box with a padded nylon case. In my attic, is a large zipper-lidded cube with carrying handles. It was designed to hold a NeXT CRT, keyboard, modem, cables, etc. With a Cube from work I would need two trips to the car, but with a slab from home I could safely carry it all at a once. Megapixel display, direct ethernet LAN or cslip over telco WAN. Bob's your uncle - it was a portable workstation that could connect to uunet or usenet in a jiffy. It even ran the alpha source code release of Tim Berners Lee's WWW app.

Coincidentally, I did not have that case made. I got it from one of the guys at Thinking Machines Corporation before they went under. He had it custom-made for his turbo slab to take on the road. Thnking Machines was an early pioneer in massively parallel computing for number crunching.

So, my first (and only) case for a portable desktop workstation, was made by a man who designed massively parallel number crunching machines. My next case for a portable desktop will be for the nMP - the first mass market system explicitly designed to promote the adoption OpenCL - a functional descendant of the thinking machine.

Bring together a Thinking Machine and a NeXT cube and you get hardware like a 2013 Mac Pro. Also, the underlying software architecture of both the OS and the applications is the same. NeXTStep evolved directly into Mac OS X.

Hmm. What started as amazement over how much has changed in the past 24 years has now become the realization that nothing much happened! I'll again be using a padded nylon case for a desktop workstation running objective-C/Appkit based software on top of Mach and BSD Unix.

Thus, I should be bored by the impending arrival of my nMP and choosing a case in which to carry it but, curiously, I am not. :)
 
nMP NSP Bag

golf1410 said:
Shipping cost for USA is 45 pounds. Add up with case, you will end up at around 200+ US dollars. I think it is expensive.
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I have just checked and US shipping is now only £30 for overnight!, the nMP case is £79 (no TAX to pay). so thats nearer $180 delivered, price is not a concern compared to my data value on board :)

I've just ordered mine. :)
 
nMP Carrying Case/Bag Options

Has anyone traveled with a nmp? Is it practical if say you know the destination you're going to will have a screen? What about airport security would they allow you to bring that up into the plane? Lol
 
jholland said:
I have just checked and US shipping is now only £30 for overnight!, the nMP case is £79 (no TAX to pay). so thats nearer $180 delivered, price is not a concern compared to my data value on board :)

I've just ordered mine. :)
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Could you please post some pictures and write some review once you receive the bag?
 
I think this is the best option for traveling with the nMP. The tube is rather strong and robust. I'd be willing to air cargo this Lens Tube with a large lens.

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Lightware LT300 Lens Tube
 
HD303 said:
I think this is the best option for traveling with the nMP. The tube is rather strong and robust. I'd be willing to air cargo this Lens Tube with a large lens.

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Lightware LT300 Lens Tube
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Did you test it? Looks awesome, but there might be a little too much empty space on the top side when the mp is in it?
 
So how's everyone progress in finding the ideal transport bag for nMP.

My ideal bag would be of course carrying the nMP and at the same time has extra space to bring 1-2 hard drives.
 
Grab a pelican case, pluck the foam and call it a day. I've had my pelican cases handled very roughly with things more sensitive than a nMP and have never had a problem.

I'm sure if enough people send pelican a message/tweet/email/whatever they would look at making something for the mac pro, even if it's just a custom cut set of foam for an existing case ;)
 
David N said:
Grab a pelican case, pluck the foam and call it a day. I've had my pelican cases handled very roughly with things more sensitive than a nMP and have never had a problem.

I'm sure if enough people send pelican a message/tweet/email/whatever they would look at making something for the mac pro, even if it's just a custom cut set of foam for an existing case ;)
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Can we have a picture?
 
David N said:
Grab a pelican case, pluck the foam and call it a day. I've had my pelican cases handled very roughly with things more sensitive than a nMP and have never had a problem.

I'm sure if enough people send pelican a message/tweet/email/whatever they would look at making something for the mac pro, even if it's just a custom cut set of foam for an existing case ;)
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I'm also looking at a Pelican case. Have one that holds four handguns and one rolling case for my camera gear. Definitely trust that brand.

I want something that can hold the nMP, Apple wireless keyboard, mouse, 1-3 small external hard drives, power strip, power cables & various other cables. Might go with the Philip Bloom Think Tank camera bag idea.
 
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golf1410 said:
Can we have a picture?
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I don't have a case fit to my nMP; it won't be leaving my desk. If you do a google search I'm sure you will find plenty of abused pelican cases that take the abuse like a champ. I've had one fall 15 feet off a balcony with $20,000 worth of lenses in it and have them all come out perfectly fine.

I may at some point get a Pelican 17xx to fit a cinema display, nMP, raid array, KB and mouse if the need arises. If it does, I'll have no hesitation transporting it.
 
This would work for inexpensive it is 10x11x7 it's only $11.99 and it is insulated and padded. Weighs around 1.75 lbs. this would be good so you can keep it with you on a shoulder strap and not let your $3000 plus machine out of your sight.
 

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