The bag is very pleasant in terms of size. A4 stapler goes narrowly pure, the ring binder or folder, it is too tight. But I wanted the pocket either. She has a private compartment for laptop or IPad. I even get both my 12.1 inch laptop and my iPad in the pocket. The Notebook compartment has a flap with Velcro. I get that but on my laptop not to, because it has a great battery, which is slightly too high. Using your notebook alone, it would be no problem.
