In the resources below I have included links to many of the sites I looked through in the quest to find my ultimate MacBook Air laptop bag. They should give you a good starting point for finding the bag that you love most.

It should go without saying, but I will anyway – as with anything fashionable, women have a much larger selection of cool, stylish and funky MacBook Air cases than men.

Here are some typical, safe, laptop bag alternatives if fashion isn’t a concern: uggghh, ‘khaki pants and sneakers’, death by extreme black-neoprene boredom.

Resources

[updated 2009.03.19] – added Kenakai.com to the list

Orbino.com – look no further than Orbino for stunning leather cases for iPods, laptops, handbags, etc.

• Arista landing page

kolobags.com has an incredible selection of men’s laptop bags.

• knomo by kolobag is my second favorite. It’s a very stylish choice, though not sized especially for the Air.

• knomo picture – tan

Waterfield Bags has a large selection of different styles, all look very high quality.

• Waterfield HardCase

• Waterfield HardCase review

• Waterfield Vertigo

• Waterfield SleeveCase review

Tom Bihn has a small selection of bags for the Air, most are technically complex.

• Ristretto Messenger is a fav

Built NY has some fun cases fashioned from neoprene, if you’re into that sort of thing.

MacCase.com carries a whole bunch of stylish cases for the Air.

Mobile Edge offers a huge selection of well made bags, Unfortunately the ones for men are more on the safe side of fashion, though the women’s cases are cute.

• Mobile Edge men’s laptop bags

• Mobile Edge Paris bag – very European

LaptopStuff has a nice selection of funky and hip bags and cases.

Case-Mate.com offers mainly sleeves for the Air.

Brenthaven has some interesting styles, including several which are airport-scanner friendly.

Timbuk2 offers a solid line of tough, durable bags and cases though mostly of the messenger-style. If you really want something special, try their Build Your Own Bag wizard.

IGIO.com leans towards the boring side, but their Brain Bucket Mini (in color Wasabe) is ok.

• Brain Bucket mini in multicolors

Only sleeves

• Kenakai.com has some fabulously rich sleeves for MacBooks, unfortunately not MacBook Air specific.

• Wrappers has fun sleeves for different things.

Aggregators, blogs, etc.

• BizRate.com is a store aggregator. They list products from elsewhere.

• squidoo.com computerbags is small page with important goodies (for women).

• Six Cool Sleeves for the MacBook Air