Wow. Talk about going off topic.

My company has a bunch of different builds. Which build you get depends on your job. Engineers get "Engineering laptops." Agents get "Field laptops." People who aren't on call or don't have to travel get some flavor of desktop. I didn't even think twice about "engineering laptop" because it has nothing to do with the hardware of the laptop, but with the software and level of privilege; there's no mystery to it and we use the term all the time.

That said, OP - lotsa folks run back and forth to work with laptops on bikes in panniers and haven't had a problem.