I had just ordered my new laptop from Dell when my friend walked in with her new HP computer. It's funny, even though they were different brands, we both bought a 17" laptop computer with the wide screen, and most of the bells and whistles.

I bought the laptop with the idea of taking it with me when I traveled, and I had an old college book bag that I thought would come in handy to carry it around in. But, of course, my friend went one step further and bought a really cool laptop bag, and then I wanted one too!

I discovered a few flaws in using a regular book bag to carry the laptop around on my first trip away with my new computer. This made me want a new women's laptop bag even more!

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.

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 women's laptop bag, here are a few things to keep in mind when selecting and purchasing your cool laptop bag 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.

The choices you will be presented with are whether you want a messenger laptop bag (which usually means it is carried on the shoulder); a backpack type bag - or do you need a rolling laptop bag. Depending on your strength and ability to carry a load on your back, you might want to consider a rolling laptop bag; a 17' laptop like mine, which weighs 9.2 pounds, might get a little heavy in a backpack.

**Hard sided laptop cases versus soft sided laptop bags: If you're going to use your new women's laptop bag to carry your laptop to meetings, it's a good idea to keep the tone down a little, and maybe consider a less colorful hard sided case. These types of laptop bags 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.

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