Laptop Cases
September 10, 2006

Emily and I decided that with a chunk of the wedding money we received we should make a big purchase for ourselves. Well, we made a very nice purchase of a brand new Acer Laptop. It's an AMD Sempron 3200 with a very nice 15.4" screen displaying up to 1280x800 delicious pixels. Quite nice. Emily's super-happy that she now has a machine that I can't play with and tweak.

However, there's one conundrum that we've encountered. The lack of laptop cases available. It seems that unless you're willing to pay 70$ for the souped up (souped up? Is that right?) Targus laptop bag from hell then you're stuck with something huge and bulky. The caveat is that we need to find something that will have enough room for the laptop and a book. This little guy's going to campus with me.

Does anyone have any recommendations for lower-priced but still slightly stylish cases? We've looked at both Best Buy and Target and come up with two bags that don't quite fit right. The one from Best Buy won't hold anything else but the laptop (no book, or notebook or anything) and the one from Target is massive.

Yes, I have tried scanning in my textbooks - and I may finally go that route. It keeps me from having to lug around a massive bag and breaking my back - and makes me feel a little safer not having the laptop risking getting crushed by my Busines Statistics book.