<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">I carried my 17 in a backpack like bag that bumped into the edge of a table in the Physics Lab at Vanderbilt and dented the 17! When I got a new 17 I opted to buy a incredibly strong aluminum case from radtech.us called the Mac Truck. You could drive over this thing and the 17 is just fine. I have had it a year and travel extensively and the 17 is still ding free (knock wood)!</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"></FONT></HTML>