<p>I suppose I can get one of those laptop sleeves if necessary, but I’d really like a backpack where my laptop would stay safe.</p>
<p>I’m about 5’1" and I’m starting college this fall. I’m most likely getting a 13" macbook or possibly just using my 14" dell (loll it’s a Studio which they stopped making… don’t know what that says about the computer). Either way though, the size of the laptop won’t be an issue.</p>
<p>I have no idea how many textbooks I will actually need to carry, but I have 3 classes 3 days a week and 2 classes the other days (I never have any loaded days with 5 classes or anything like that, so no INSANE amount of things in my backpack).</p>
<p>I’ve been asking some people from my school, but considering we’re all pre-frosh, no one really has a ton of input :P.</p>
<p>Considering your short stature, I’d avoid any sort of outdoors based packs (daypacks) or anything with more than 2 main compartments. Short people with backpacks that have a million zippers and puff out a foot off their back always look weird.</p>
<p>Take a look at the Dakine backpacks for women. They all have a relatively small capacity, but they seem to hold a lot. I have a 15 plus inch laptop, and the Dakine Zuri is the only women’s Dakine backpack thtat fis it. It has a capacity of 1500 cubic inches and holds the laptop, cords, wallet, phone, a textbook and several notebooks. it is attractive and well made. Your laptop might fit in the Eve or the Prom Pack which have slighly more capacity.</p>