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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.

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.

**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.

**It's Important to Consider Total Weight: Be aware of how much the bag weighs when empty, then add on the weight of your laptop. My laptop is over 9 pounds, which is why I reconsidered buying the women's laptop bag that weighed just under 3 pounds. That's a lot of extra weight to carry around for just a laptop carry bag. For me, the better option was the lightweight womens laptop bag, over the nicer leather bag. It just made more sense. I would basically be using it to tote my stuff from the airport to the hotel room. I'm happy to report that my new lightweight pink laptop bag has enough protection for my laptop, as well as enough space for my accessories, extra clothes a water bottle and a few important snack items. It's nice to stand out from the crowd with a cool womens laptop bag!