Crumpler: laptop armour

It was a sunny, happy day, the kind of day when nothing bad could possibly happen. A Crave reporter stepped out of his house and onto the city streets.

Noticing his shoelace was untied, he stooped down to fix it. Suddenly his Titanium Powerbook burst free from his rucksack and smashed onto the pavement. The Crave reporter fell to the ground, wailing like a small lost child. "God, what have I done?" he screamed at the faces of soulless commuters.

Luckily, although dented, the Powerbook still worked. The Crave reporter then brought himself a Crumpler laptop bag. A blue, 15-inch version he had fallen in love with. Now his Powerbook was safe the next time he decided not to do up his rucksack.

Although it took a week to arrive - via air mail from some antipodiean Crumpler factory - Crave likes these bags a lot. They're smart enough to take to work, but surf-chic enough not to advertise your laptop to muggers. -CS