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I've been looking at the Ortlieb Vario for a similar requirement, has the benefit of being square at the bottom so you can fit the laptop in all the way to the bottom (unlike with the ortlieb back roller panniers, they taper just enough so you can't do that). It uses the ortlieb QR system and shouldn't flap - I haven't tried the QL3 but the QL1 and 2 work perfectly well.
I use a Tortec Velocity hybrid, slopes in slightly so the pannier is even less likely to bounce around on bumps. Downside is that it's not usable other than for panniers.
hamrack
Apologies if trawling up am old thread... but searched and found this...
Just rebuilt my daily bike. I commute between 12-35 miles each way pending how I feel.
I need to carry a heavy high-spec 15.6/16 inch laptop, plus a couple of bits of clothing and normal bike repair kit etc.
This past 2 years I have used a small Eastman messenger on my back for my general bike gear and camera etc, then used a single North St Bags convertible pannier for my laptop which is in a neoprene sleeve.
The pannier I hated it swinging about so I always used to bungee cord it tight to the rear rack.
Question is... looking for a better alternative to my bodged pannier bag. Hate the look when it's bungeed to the rack so wondered if there is a suitable pannier to take a laptop of that size which cam strap tight to the rack without swinging about. So it would ideally hook on the rack, them have additional strapping to make sure everything is tight.
Or am I looking for something which doesn't exist?
Final question. Any other purposeful looking racks apart from the Surly Nice or SJS cycles one? All the others by Tubus, Tortec, Blackburn etc I am not that fussed on.