Accessories for large laptops

 Lugging around a big laptop is not good for your back. Now that that’s out the way, and you’re still not swayed from owning that admittedly gorgeous 17-inch laptop, here’s a bunch of laptop accessories that will go well with your titan top.
LAPTOP BAGS
It helps naught to have fancy laptop accessories if you don’t even invest in the bare basics, like a suitable laptop bag for your 17-inch laptop. Thankfully, we recently wrote a post on the best laptop bags for large laptops, which will get you started on the right foot. While that posts is worth reading because it recommends specific items, we learnt two main things from buying bags for larger laptops. Firstly, comfort is almost everything, because the side effects of discomfort can be severe. Secondly, aesthetics matter but less than they normally would – a laptop bag should look good, but not at the price of comfort.

EXTERNAL STORAGE
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Though external storage is recommended for all laptops, people who use a 17-inch laptop are more likely to need it. Why’s that? Well, a huge majority of us who use larger laptops do it for work-related reasons, and whether you’re using yours for design, video-editing, 3D graphics modelling, or anything else resource intensive, you’ll need tons of storage space. Very quickly, that once ‘generous’ seeming 500GB built-in hard drive will be filled up. Avoid that. Fortunately, we share in your pain and have put together a few external hard drive buying guides.
VINYLS
Though these surely don’t count completely as accessories, we love Vinyls and since you’re spending so much money buying a large laptop, it’s only right you customise it with aesthetic laptop accessories. The folks over at Gelaskins have made the Vinyl space their own, with unbelievable products. Though they’re most famous for their MP3 player skins, their laptop skins are also awesome.