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Picking the Perfect Women Laptop Bag
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friend and I both bought our 17" laptop computers around the
same time. Actually, I had just ordered mine from Dell when
she walked in with her new HP computer. It's a good thing I
had ordered mine already, the new laptops with the wide
screens are way cool.
Even though I bought the laptop with the idea of taking it
with me when I traveled, the one thing I did not consider
was buying a special laptop bag. I figured I would just put
it in my old college book bag and call it good. But she had
a really cool laptop bag, and I just couldn't get it out of
my mind.
On my first trip away with my new computer, I discovered a
few flaws in using a regular book bag to carry the laptop
around. This made me want a new women's laptop bag even
more!
First - it was not protected very well. I had to make my own
laptop bag cushions by putting my extra clothes around the
laptop because I didn't want my water bottle and other items
to scratch it - or worse yet, leak on it. This made it a
little hard to take the laptop in and out of the bag when I
wanted to use it on the plane. At that point, I thought
maybe a laptop sleeve would come in handy.
I soon found out that even though my friend had a cool
laptop bag, it was also a lot more functional than my
regular book backpack. Of course, I had to do a lot of
research before I settled on my first laptop bag, and since
I wanted a really cool laptop bag there were a lot of things
to consider. If you're looking for a laptop bag - in
particular a cool women's laptop bag, here are a few things
to keep in mind when selecting and purchasing your cool
laptop bag online:
>> What do you really need? You will discover as you start
to look through the available womens laptop bags that there
are a lot of choices, so you need to first decide what kind
of womens laptop bag you want. This will make your shopping
go much faster.
Decide if you want a backpack type bag, or a messenger
laptop bag (which usually means it is carried on the
shoulder). Do you need a rolling laptop bag - If you have a
17' laptop like mine, which weighs 9.3 pounds, it might get
a little heavy in a backpack. Depending on your strength and
ability to carry that load on your back, you might want to
consider a rolling laptop bag.
>> Soft sided laptop bags vs. hard sided laptop cases: There
are a lot of cool women's laptop bags out there, but if
you're going to use your laptop bag to carry your laptop to
meetings, you might want to keep the tone down a little, and
consider a hard sided case. This will make it look more like
a briefcase and help you stand out as being more
professional.
>> How Much Does it Weigh? Last but not least, be sure to
check on how much the bag weighs. Like I said, my laptop is
over 9 pounds, and the women's cool laptop bag that I almost
bought weighed a little over 3 pounds. That's a lot of extra
weight to carry around for just a laptop carry bag. I choose
instead a lightweight womens laptop bag, over a heaver
leather bag (that's just personal preference, of course).
The lightweight pink laptop bag still had enough protection
for my laptop, as well as enough space for my accessories,
water bottle, extra clothes and a few snacks - and that's
also very important!
By Evelyn Grazini
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