Ah, some dissent from me. I had a TUMI laptop bag for several years. I loved it, too, just as all here have described. It was stolen in March. I bought another and found that quality had - IMO - gone way down. Many little things:

- shorter straps on handles making it harder to carry when stuffed - that is the handles didn't reach one another.
- No padding in the bottom of the computer "slot".
- Moving the computer slot from the front compartment on its own to one of several slots in the rear compartment.
- the material did not seem as durable - especially the lining inside.

There were a few other things, as well, but I don't remember now.

I returned it.

Also, the bag I did have before had zipper that showed a fault withing a month purchase. I was on the road for most of the next month, and then had to pay shpping ($35.00) to get warranty repairs.

It just seemed to me that TUMI thinks a lot of itself.

Bought Victorinox. Only about 40,000 miles on it so far, but I like it. MUCH less expensive and better designed, IMO.

When I returned the TUMI, the 50ish woman in the luggage department at Macy's told me that TUMI had been bought out and that several old TUMI customers had returned items newly purchased. FWIW.

Whatever you buy, enjoy it!