The Bugatti Veyron, one of the world’s fastest production cars. 11.5 seconds of a SuperBowl TV ad. A cardboard box in Manhattan. The Luvaglio luxury laptop. All of these items have one thing in common: their one million dollar price tag.

After selling a few websites on the SitePoint Marketplace I decided it was time to splurge on a new laptop. But not just a laptop: I wanted to fit my new notebook into the perfect laptop bag.

As a business nerd - I would need something that is strong & portable, yet lightweight & professional looking. So it can survive rugged travel AND look professional at meetings.

Which is quite the challenge - because it's hard to find a durable laptop bag that doesn't make you look like a dork when you walk into business meeting.

So I did some research on the best solution. And the results are surprisingly different than you might expect. Yet I'm absolutely convinced that I have discovered the best laptop case & backpack solution. Here are the four elements to make it happen.

Nerds with the business edge need a laptop with the ultimate combination of price, performance, features, and mobility.

In this article, I will outline 10 badass laptops that fit the nerd standard of qualification.

1. Alienware m15x

The m15x is an extreme performance laptop...
with an extreme price tag.

You're sitting in an airport lobby, having an orange juice and cranberry muffin, talking on your PDA - when suddenly you realize your laptop bag is no longer at your feet where you had placed it. It's gone. It has been stolen.

Worse yet, on this laptop is your company's accounting, client contact information, saved FTP connections, and very personal notes. And now some delinquent thug has all of it. F@#k!

This could have been easily prevented. Here's how.