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Shimura's hardboiled Power Guard Mac cases

Shimura Power Guard

If your preference for Mac luggage tends toward the minimal and expensive, Japanese company Shimura's Power Guard series may be just the thing: a metal briefcase-looking shell that clips over your Mac laptop, providing shock protection from above and below and a carry handle. This is strictly fair-weather gear, however—the sides are left open, so you're left with no protection from sideways gusts of rain blowing straight into your FireWire port. The latest in the series, the Metal Jacket Power Guard GU Model, runs from ¥27,000 ($260 US) for the 12-inch iBook model to¥36,500 ($354) for the 17-inch PowerBook G4. (Beware: Shimura's website is Japanese-only and was designed by someone with little or no taste.)

[Via Impress PC Watch]