Originally Posted by mersk862

I even prefer not going leather and going with the ballastic nylon type - much easier to maintain than leather.

I tend to use my laptop bags to their fullest extent - I was going through a leather one every 18-24 months before it got too scuffed up, etc. My Tumi ballastic nylon has held up great over the past 20 months to the point where replacing it is not even a thought in my mind.