Exactly what I have been looking for for years! Doesn't offer too much protection for a laptop but as long as you pay attention and don't just sling the bag around while your computer is in it, then you won't have an issue. Compared to an actual computer messenger bag, this one is so much more lightweight, and easier on my shoulders and back. Its something that doesn't have to be specifically only for carrying my work laptop around in, but something I can use for other things, compared to my previous computer designed messenger bag that was only good for carrying around my computer.

**update**

Something else I have noticed it more a small annoyance than anything is that the velcro closures aren't lined up - on the flap they are laid our horizontally, but on the bag itself they are laid out vertically. Seems stupid to me as one would assume that both need to be lined up equally, not one one way and the other another way. Not a big quirk for me though, but might be for some