Orbino Aria MacBook Air Case. Was a rumor, now its real and real cool.

[Sam DaCool]

Remember the MacBook Air case that was announced even before we knew for sure that the Air was real? Well, the Aria from Orbino is now a real product (meaning the 50% of you who voted it to be rumorware were wrong!) and it's pretty darn luxurious. Aircraft-grade aluminum, hand-folded calfskin leather... and that's just the start.







It's got a spring-loaded latching mechanism, removable leather shoulder strap, and a padded "alcantara" exterior. It keeps its Air-matching shape by having all your accessories (read: power brick) in a removable external pocket, which is a little clunky but not too bad. It's made entirely by hand, machined from a single block of aluminum, and it's in premium hand-stretched leather (with exotic skins available on special order.)

I, for one, think it's not a bad-looking way to carry your Air around, and was worth the wait to see it make it to reality. But, of course, there's just one tiny sticking point: its price. Starting at $529, it costs nearly 30% of the entry-level Air. Ouch.

Source: Gizmodo

[webwise]

$529 for a carrier? That will get you plenty of accessories and software for that MBA...

[roalgumo7]

Holy cow, that's a bit overpriced, it is really fancy tough...

[Sam DaCool]

yeah its the deluxe deal right there but it's gonna gost ya.

[chadaw]

Not that impressed and definitely not impress with the price.

[webwise]

I'm not that impress either...looks like one of those "padded seats" you take to a local baseball game...

[Sam DaCool]

Hahah now that i think about it, yes, yes, it does. Yeah costs too much to protect a computer. The $50 ones work fine.