subject: Which Three Must Have Items Make The Perfect Womens Laptop Bag [print this page] A 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.
Since my friend was in the store when she bought her laptop, she also saw that there were cool laptop bags available, so she bought one. I'm not sure why that idea didn't cross my mind, because I did buy the laptop with the idea of taking it with me when I traveled, but I guess since I had an old college book bag I thought I could just use that to carry it around in.
I wanted that new women's laptop bag even more after I went on a trip and brought my new computer with me. There were just a few too many things missing when using a regular book bag to carry the laptop around.
Since the book bag was for unbreakable books, it was not protected very well. To take care of this problem, I made my laptop bag cushioned by putting extra clothes around the laptop. I didn't want my water bottle and other items to leak on it - or scratch it. At that point, I thought maybe a laptop sleeve would come in handy, as my new cushion method made made it a little hard to take the laptop in and out of the bag when I wanted to use it on the plane.
Even though my friend had a cool laptop bag, I soon discovered that it was also more functional than a 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. Here are a few things to keep in mind as you look for a women's laptop bag, and especially if you're going to purchase it online:
** Your shopping will go much faster if you first decide what kind of womens laptop bag you want. Then you will have it narrowed down a little when you begin to look through all of the available womens laptop bags.
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.
** Does Weight Matter? Be sure to check weight of the bag when empty. I revealed that my laptop weight over 9 pounds, and the women's 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 cool laptop carry bag. I decided instead to choose a lightweight womens laptop bag, over the heaver leather bag (mostly because I wouldn't be taking it to meetings, just hauling it from the airport to the hotel room). However, this new colorful lightweight pink laptop bag still had enough protection for my laptop, as well as extra space for my accessories, like a water bottle, munchies, and a few extra clothes - just in case.
