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The date is May 2007, and I’m absolutely rapt as I take home a 2.16GHz, 15″ MacBook Pro, a 20″ white iMac — and a smart new Case Logic 15″ case.

Now, the said ‘case’ worked pretty well for about a year. When I say ‘pretty well’, I mean, my laptop hasn’t been killed while riding in the case. I’ve dropped it in the case a few times and the protection has been good. Also, there’s more than enough space in there for all my accessories — power cables, display adapters, iPod, its dock, magazines, papers, money, phones — it’s really roomy. And at the time A$129 seemed like a pretty good price for these virtues.

But then the problems come – firstly the case itself is very heavy, and adding a 2.6kg notebook and probably 300g worth of extra gadgets meant that this pack came in at around 3kg, which is too much for school/work. Then it was way too bulky; the styling was way off, all black; the (black) metal scratched off; and finally, the zips broke.

The main laptop compartment zips stayed intact — luckily. But the main accessory compartment zip seam completely snapped and left this area flapping open when it re-broke after being fixed, time and again.

A pretty random post, yeah. It was really a round-about way of telling you guys that I’ve gone and bought an absolutely gorgeous (yes, I said that word.) Toffee MacBook Pro-specific case. It’s the same as in this image (http://toffee.com.au/products/categories/2/10.jpg) but that’s not me.

Perhaps Australian-made leather will last longer than Chinese fabric-rubbish. I bloody well hope so.