power is unavailable or from the retractable extension cord 200 when ac dc power is available to an electronic device via the power strip 230 fig1 a shows a laptop computer bag 100 with a portable workspace 110 in a collapsed position inside of the laptop computer bag 100 one aspect of the present invention is that the laptop computer bag 100 is the same size as traditional laptop bags without the novel components as described above in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention internal space in the laptop computer bag 100 is conserved when the portable workspace 110 is in a collapsed position it will also serve as the center support structure for the bag when in its retracted state fig3 shows an internal side view of the laptop computer bag 100 when the portable workspace 110 is in a collapsed position the portable workspace 110 can be utilized for example as the center support and divider of the laptop computer bag 100 because the front extendable legs 130 and 140 the front center beam 150 the retractable extension cord 200 and the built in power source 210 are contained within the footprint of the collapsed portable workspace 110 space within the laptop computer bag 100 is conserved the portable workspace 110 still allows for storage capacity around the portable workspace 110.