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Is it important to get a laptop sleeve?
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If you want. Laptop sleeves are a personal choice. If you're clumsy it might be a good investment.
It's a matter of personal preference. I once dropped my MBP down a flight of stairs, wrapped only in a sleeve. Not a scratch or dent or problem of any kind. The booq Vyper is the best protection I've ever seen in a notebook sleeve. In my opinion, it offers far better protection than any neoprene case, the zippers never come into contact with your MBP, and it looks great!
It should. Click the link to look at specs on the sleeves. It tells you inside dimensions, so you know what fits.
The thing is the hard shell cases provide scratch and dent protection, but not dent protection. If you get a good sleeve that will provide shock protection, which will come in handy just in case you drop your backpack of forget it's in there or something like that.
get it!
a hardshell is good for scratch and abrasion protection, but a little neoprene goes a long way. I (stupidly) left my iPad on top of my car when i left for work and it fell of the car right into the middle of a road. The Incase neoprene sleeve was the savior in this story. I have Incase sleeves for both. I would recommend them although i'm sure there are many other good ones.
a hardshell is good for scratch and abrasion protection, but a little neoprene goes a long way. I (stupidly) left my iPad on top of my car when i left for work and it fell of the car right into the middle of a road. The Incase neoprene sleeve was the savior in this story. I have Incase sleeves for both. I would recommend them although i'm sure there are many other good ones.
What???
A sleeve provides no protection for dents or drops and no protection while in use...a hard case does but makes the laptop bigger and uglier in my opinion.
Yes, but I'm not talking about a hard case. You said "A sleeve provides no protection for dents or drops". I disagree, as the experience described in my post illustrates.
To a degree it will protect it...like 3-4 inches but a significant drop is going to damage the laptop sleeve or no sleeve.
Well, the flight of stairs mine went down was a bit longer then 3-4 inches. It depends on the construction of the sleeve.
No sleeve is going to protect it, you got lucky. A piece of fabric has no structural integrity to protect what is in it.
i have both. i use the hard case for when im around my dorm but when i go to the library i put it in the sleeve. idk, kind of weird. im thinking of ditching the hard shell but im afraid of scratches. cant get the courage to take if off for good. im kind of upset because the hardshell actually scratched the bottom of my computer a little but thats expected i guess.
Oh my, I made a typo.
I meant that a hard case will protect the MBP from scratches and dents, but not as much shock protection. The neoprene cover will offer more shock protection than the hard case.
The hard case will transfer energy while the neoprene will help absorb some of it. Not that hard to understand.
Sure, neither of them are going to protect them from serious drops, but a neoprene sleeve does protect some protection from drops.
I guess you could always use a Zagg InvisibleShield and pair it with a neoprene sleeve if you are anal about scratches.