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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.

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!

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!

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. 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:

** 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.

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.

** 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!