Durable, rugged, yet stylish...17" notebook case.

Hey all,

So just having ordered my Inspiron 1720 (as per my thread in the "Which Notebook Should I Buy?" Section), I'm now looking at accessories.

VERY FIRST on the list is going to be a notebook case.

Here's what I need:

-Rugged and strong, will protect the 17" laptop VERY well
-Stylish
-Extra pockets for things like contracts, pens, pencils, PDA cellphone, Ipod, etc.
-Not too "I'm still in college" (No offense, I wish I was!) looking

This will be used to shuttle my laptop back and forth from one place of work, my firestation, to my next place of work, my real estate office, to my third place of work, home.

So I need it to be strong to handle regular travelling and carting around, and rugged in case it takes a fall at the firehouse as all we have is concrete and tile floors everywhere and anything can happen.

I need it to be stylish so that when I pull out my laptop to show a real estate client something, or run numbers by them, it won't scream "look at me, I'm young enough to be your kid which means way too young to sell your house."

I also need something that has extra pockets so I can use it to shuttle around, like I said, a pda cellphone, an ipod, and maybe a book or two. My freetime is hit and miss at the firestation, sometimes I have several hours to read a book others I don't even get an hour to sit down..but I like to have options in case I do get some downtime.

Can anyone suggest anything decent? I'd like a fairly reasonably priced one..I looked at the Hardbody Pro laptop case and it seems like an okay option except for the lack of extra storage space for books / etc.

 

Look at Lowepro, its on the dell site at a good price. Its what i have and its nice quality, stylish, etc.

 

which one do you have?

 

Whats your price range? The stylish 17" bags that are also high quality/durable are usually at least $100

Some links:
tumi.com
booqbags.com
spireusa.com
acmemade.com

 

Thanks, some of those look right up my alley!