<p>My parents keep stressing I have to take it around in a shoulder bag, which I find to be quite annoying. I would rather carry it in a backpack or something but they say it will get damaged in it. I was just curious how you all carry your laptops!</p>
<p>There are a lot of backpacks that come with a compartment for a laptop. There are also some sleeves that you can get that fit nicely in backpacks but have handles if you want to carry the laptop separately (I have one made by jansport, but I haven't seen another one like it).</p>
<p>im rockin a northface recon that has SOME padding in a pocket and a form fitting incase neoprene sleeve and i'm going to be veryyy careful. i was also looking at waterfield designs for a sleeve, and if the incase is shotty (i dont have it yet) thats where ill be looking next.</p>
<p>There are many backpacks with laptop cases built into them. a couple are the North Face Bandwidth, North Face Modem, and the jansport Java. A whole bunch of them can be found here
<a href="http://www.ebags.com/back_to_school/laptop_backpacks/casual/category_search/index.cfm?Ne=100&N=4001+20025851%5B/url%5D">http://www.ebags.com/back_to_school/laptop_backpacks/casual/category_search/index.cfm?Ne=100&N=4001+20025851</a></p>
<p>I just bought a Laptop case. I only use it when carrying my computer around, otherwise I stick with a regular backpack.</p>
<p>get a nice tight fitting neoprene case for your lappy. there is NO CASE that is going to 100% protect your computer from a drop from waist/chest height. Get the tight fitting case and stick it in your backpack. preferably one that has a laptop pocket.</p>
<p>have you thought of a brown paper sack? inexpensive, decoratable, and biodegradable when you upgrade.</p>
<p>Get a backpack from a brand that specifically makes computer bags, like Targus. I've got one and love it. If you need more arguments in favor, unbalanced bags tend to cause back problems; backpacks are healthier.</p>
<p>Get a laptop sleeve, then you can stick it in any bag you want.</p>
<p>a bag......</p>
<p>If you only plan on carry the laptop I suggest buying a bag made for laptops however don't buy a bag from Dell or Apple, ect whichever company you bought it from unless it does have their logo because you don't want someone guessing there is a laptop in the bag and steal it.</p>
<p>You should try a bag that has a place for a laptop and a textbook or notebook because are you honestly only going to carry a laptop around?</p>
<p>I got a laptop sleeve. It's neoprene and fits my laptop really nicely. My school's computer store actually sells them. That way I can put it in my backpack if I'm going to the libary or whatever and it wont be as obvious that there's a laptop in there.</p>
<p>you may find once you get to college that you won't actually carry your laptop around all that much... only a few people at my college really take their laptops to each class.</p>
<p>i have a shoulder bag for mine and the few times i actually had to carry it somewhere, it was fine.</p>
<p>can someone post a link to a good place that sells laptop sleeves?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ebags.com%5B/url%5D">www.ebags.com</a> have all sorts of them.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.booqbags.com%5B/url%5D">www.booqbags.com</a></p>
<p>They have the vyper sleve which is amazing (and really $45 or so isnt too much to ask to protect your expensive laptop is it?)</p>