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edscoble in reply to @Dom

Got SSD? Also, if it's a concern, cheap Chromebook?
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Sumo in reply to @Dom

Pack a couple of inches of foam underneath it?
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ffm in reply to @Dom

Anyone commute/tour/ride regularly with a laptop in a pannier? Any issues?

My Lenovo is holding up well after about 5 years of commuting (12 miles, 3-4 times per week) in a pannier/saddlebag, despite having a normal HD. It even survived my entire pannier leaping off the rack riding round Trafalgar Square (well it has a cracked hinge). I transport it in a neoprene case and there's usually other stuff in there to absorb vibration so some foam or folded clothes would probably help, but I wouldn't worry unduly.
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Greenbank in reply to @Dom

Anyone commute/tour/ride regularly with a laptop in a pannier? Any issues?

Our company (a large blue multinational who also made laptops) allowed us to buy/expense a Carradice Bike Bureau bag for transporting laptops (even in the days of spinning rust HDDs).

My old laptop (Thinkpad W520) survived more than two years of semi-regular commuting in a bog standard Altura Night Vision pannier, even before I got a padded foam laptop sleeve for it (to help protect it from the hard back panel of the pannier).