Sunday, July 20, 2008

The Laptop Bag

I will be getting a laptop soon and you know what I am most excited about? If you guessed the laptop itself, you are wrong! Nope, a computer, no matter how many bells and whistles it has does nothing to excite me; to me a laptop is a laptop. No, the thing that makes my heart go pitter-patter is the chance to go shopping for a laptop bag.

Seriously, this really is more important then the computer itself. I refuse to carry my laptop around in some canvas tote emblazoned with my company's logo! Besides, you can’t use just any old bag to hold your laptop. It has to be sturdy, easy to carry/hold and, most importantly, look good with any outfit.

So off I went to find the perfect laptop bag. Now, you could settle for the laptop bags available at the office supply store or the computer shop, but why not let your fingers do the work? Online shopping is the perfect way to get access to an amazing assortment of laptop bags, more than you will ever find in the store. I expected to find a good assortment online, but even I was surprised at the variety.

The problem soon becomes how to choose the perfect bag from so many wonderful options. Finally, companies have realized that people take their laptops everywhere; and they want them to not only be safe and secure, but stylish, too. In fact, I am considering getting a more toned down, “work-a-day” bag for the office and a cute, colorful little bag for taking the laptop to the coffee shop on weekends.

My first stop was the website http://www.kolobags.com/. This site carries an enormous assortment of laptop bags in a variety of prices. If you can imagine it, they have it. From a simple sleeve that just protects your laptop to wheeled laptop bags. I imagine these wheeled bags come in handy for those that travel extensively with their laptops and a ton of paper work.

Of course, you can always find stylish laptop bags from the designers. Gucci has an adorable laptop case. Also, later this fall White + Warren will be releasing a beautiful leather laptop bag. So happy shopping!

~ Jennifer Flaten

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Knomo has excellent laptop bags. The brand is an offshoot of Tumi, so the quality is fantastic. Unfortunately, the price point is pretty Tumi-esque. But still worth checking out!