The Best Case is Coming!!!

[Hammie]

You guys crack me up.

Living and working in the DC metro area you see tons of suits. I personally only wear them when going to a customer meeting. Other times, I am business casual.

As the other poster mentioned, the way you dress with affect the attitudes of co-workers. A slob will not get the same respect as someone who is well kept. It is a fact.

However, i agree that it also depends on the area you live and the industry you work in. When I did construction, I would never dream of showing up for work in a suit, even for an interview.

In regards to the OP bag, I really do not like non-leather bags. IMO, they look cheap. Sort of Ike the free laptop bag you may get. From a store. I carry a leather messenger bag for my work laptop and another leather "satchel" for my iPad, which can accommodate my iPad in landscape mode, not portrait as someone posted earlier. I'm also considering another bag which may be a little more casual than my current one, but with what I paid for my first one, my wife would kill me for even thinking about another bag.

 

[mcdj]

I have this one by Tumi. It's as if they made it expressly for the iPad. The fit is exact.

 

[jkrutch]

I have this one by Tumi. It's as if they made it expressly for the iPad. The fit is exact.

The Sundance collection is nice....I almost pulled the trigger on the Santa Fe, but I like the MacCase better. It's actually made for the iPad and has padding for the extra protection.

 

[LadyHoneyBabe]

Jack Bauer Bag

This is a masculine bag. After all, it's the Jack Bauer bag.

Jack Bauer Bag

 

[MacMur]

I have a Mac-Case Flight Jacket 4 my 13" Macbook Pro. It is very well made and has enough extra room to store all the essentials u could need. Any thing but feminine. I look forward to the Ipad models.

Any ideavwhen they will be coming?

 

[antiprotest]

Yes, and dressing a certain way certainly doesn't make you classy either. It does make you superficial though.

Wearing clothes makes you superficial. You should be transparent like me and not wear anything at all.

 

[jkrutch]

I have a Mac-Case Flight Jacket 4 my 13" Macbook Pro. It is very well made and has enough extra room to store all the essentials u could need. Any thing but feminine. I look forward to the Ipad models.

Any ideavwhen they will be coming?

Supposed to be sometime next month. They will let you know if you go to the MacCase site and click on iPad and enter your email address. I'm leaving for Canada on the 16th of June and need it for the trip. Hope it makes it in time. Good to know you're happy with yours. My friend loves his as well. And it is definitely not a "man purse". Lol.

 

[jkrutch]

This is a masculine bag. After all, it's the Jack Bauer bag.

Jack Bauer Bag

That was great. 24 is my favorite show.....

Still want the MacCase for iPad.

 

[BergerFan]

Chewbacca called. He wants his thermal detonator case back.

BJ

That's not Chewie. It's a random Wookiee, but I digress.

 

[richpjr]

This makes it look more masculine to me.


Personally, I hate leather briefcase looking cases though. Reminds me of my father. Even with a suit I would prefer something like a solid black Timbuk2 messenger bag over anything leather.

You do realize he is gay, don't you?

 

[richpjr]

+1.

As you can see by the hostility, we 3G owners need a place where we can respect each other and our wealth. Don't get me wrong; there's nothing wrong with being a poor college student or an entry-level junior executive. But it's not like we need to talk to these people.

BJ

Posted from my iPad 3G/64GB/$829

OMG BJ, you just kill me!

You actually do need to talk to them occasionally. You know, things like - "When you are done washing the car, you can clean the pool".

I think I meet all of your exclusive club criteria except one - I have two Omega watches instead of Rolex's - does that exclude me? I have actually had two Rolex's in the past, but they didn't keep accurate enough time for me, so I switched to Omega.

 

[ddrueckhammer]

You do realize he is gay, don't you?

No. I don't know that. In fact, didn't he go so far as to sue a tabloid who said he was?

Or are you Tom Selleck incognito setting the record straight?

 

[fiji13]

Is this a joke?

Nope it is not. Sad but true. Search his user name on the forums for some pretty heated discussions. Some of his comments will be more outrageous than the one above. Based on what I can tell he is a stuck up a**hole that is just looking to pick a fight. I would not engage because I think that is what he is after.

 

[Star56]

. In addition ask some of the classier women what they think of a man in a suit. You are what you wear is a universal truth.

Nonsense. If you believe this you are seriously emotionally disturbed. What a person "is" has zero relationship to what you wear on the outside.

I am 54, semi-retired with significant personal assets. I do not own a suit. Wear tee shirts 90% of the time, jeans and shorts. I basically go for the homelessman look. I have a wife 24 years younger than myself and a two year old daughter. I have enough social/political/financial power to set my own agenda for my life.

Why do I dress like a hobo? Because I can

 

[.Andy]

That's not Chewie. It's a random Wookiee, but I digress.

Good pick up. boltjames hand in your nerd card.

 

[peterdevries]

Nonsense. If you believe this you are seriously emotionally disturbed. What a person "is" has zero relationship to what you wear on the outside.

I am 54, semi-retired with significant personal assets. I do not own a suit. Wear tee shirts 90% of the time, jeans and shorts. I basically go for the homelessman look. I have a wife 24 years younger than myself and a two year old daughter. I have enough social/political/financial power to set my own agenda for my life.

Why do I dress like a hobo? Because I can

Kudos to you and your young wife, your great assets etc etc.. For the rest of us that still needs to work I stand by my opinion.

Ask any woman what she prefers: a clean shaven man, in a well fitting suit, or a man in sweatpants, white-socks-in-new-balance-trainers and t-shirts. Most women would select the first. In addition most men, inlcuding the sweatpants wearing ones, would prefer the kind of women that would opt for the first group too.

But whatever. This whole discussion is getting ot of context. My point is and remains that a Timbuktu bag (although nice) is less classy and dressy than a leather one. I wear (and don't need to btw) suits for my job, and a Timbuktu or whatever bag doesn't fit to that. In addition I agree with some posters here that of course people can and should determine what they wear and how to do it. But your success in society is (unfortunately) dependent on your measure of adhering to the standards that are set by the larger groups. I try to be always a bit better dressed than I need to be for the occasion. It makes me feel good, because I like being well dressed. In addition it makes people notice me and talk to me, which is important in my line of work. People also tend to respect people in suits more than people in sweatpants and trainers. I use this in my work. But also in my private life. I have a great looking, intelligent girlfriend with a great dress-sense and a great sense of humor.. I wouldn't even think of walking next to her on the street in sweatpants. I respect her too much for that.

Look at the movie Das Boot, where they dock in Spain to a refuelling boat. The crew from the sub goes to meet the refuelling captain. The way the sub-captain is identified by the is refuelling captain is classic and illustrative of what we are talking about here.

I'm not sure whether that's shallow. You would be calling the entire community shallow. Maybe we are, but this has been like this forever and stems from the animal kingdom. Take a look at birds of paradise: the most beautiful and succesful individuals are selected to mate, because the females prefer their good genes. We are all just animals..

 

[jkrutch]

Nonsense. If you believe this you are seriously emotionally disturbed. What a person "is" has zero relationship to what you wear on the outside.

I am 54, semi-retired with significant personal assets. I do not own a suit. Wear tee shirts 90% of the time, jeans and shorts. I basically go for the homelessman look. I have a wife 24 years younger than myself and a two year old daughter. I have enough social/political/financial power to set my own agenda for my life.

Why do I dress like a hobo? Because I can

I'm 44 and retired, yet I still dress nice when the situation calls for it. My daily dress code is jeans and a t-shirt.

I decided to go back into business out of boredom and the desire to "hit another one out of the park". As a result, I wanted a nice, high quality leather bag to carry my iPad around in. One of my new ventures will have me in front of c-level execs and such. While i may not wear a suit (I do own a few), I will definitely show up looking like I am professional. However, the gold Yacht Master and looking good will only take me so far. I need to know what the hell I am speaking about, and most importantly make the potential client like me.

People mostly do business with those that they like with other criteria being somewhat equal. I know not to pull up in my yellow Lambo. It wouldn't be well received for reasons mentioned in a prior post. The new 750il is nice, but certainly not ostentatious to the point that it will turn someone off.

My point is that there is an appropriate way to dress that is usually situation specific. I agree that when my wife is dressed nice I want to at least dress to fit her look.

Dressing like a hobo may be your preference but to make it seem like it's a sign of your success or freedom is simply your take on it. To each his own.

I fall in the middle and do agree that how one looks does indicate (to a substantial degree) how they are perceived. It not only pertains to clothing, but also personal hygiene and not being morbidly obese.

All that said- i really like this MacCase bag I posted about!

 

[mkrishnan]

Sorry, this thread has too much trolling (by the OP and pretty much everyone else) and too little discussion. Please move along.