My younger brother – keep in mind that I have five different brothers, all different ages – is currently going to college full time. He uses his laptop all of the time and needs to bring it to school with him so that he can take notes in classes. While shopping for the right gift for his birthday this year, I came across the perfect present: a laptop backpack. I never had even heard of these nifty notebook toting school accessories prior. I looked at several laptop backpacks and they all seemed pretty worthy. Basically, it’s a dual usage backpack. It has a secured slot that holds and protects your laptop and then it also offers room for storage of textbooks and other necessary school supplies. A laptop backpack was not nearly as costly as I thought that it would be either. I compared prices on laptop backpacks versus conventional backpacks and guess what? Most often the prices were nearly the same, only these backpacks will also allow for you to carry your computer, instead of having to take an extra computer bag with you.