A decent hard case for 15" Macbook Pro?

There are a few on the market. Whether they are decent, is hard to say. What are your needs for it?

These hard cases should be treated as an aesthetic addition only, and not an alternative to cautious transit. Any hard case is not going to bulletproof the notebook computer, or make it so much more significantly rugged that it will survive any fall. Screens have been known to break simply upon the force of impact given to inertia, or cables fray, or boards get loose if the inertia in the force of impact is significant and is transferred to the notebook.
Also if an optical disc is left in the drive, it can crash into the head of the optical drive with enough innertia. Yes, the hard drives have sudden motion sensor, and SSD drives exist for these notebooks. But I would not assume that because it is in a hard case that it is much more protected than if it is not.

That's pretty much it. Speck or Incase. There are tons of others but they're knockoffs and rarely worth the price.

I use Specks on all my MacBooks and Macbook Pros and have yet to have an issue. I see where people complained of lousy customer service but my most recent case purchased had a manufacturing defect. I sent email, they asked me to take a picture which I did. They confirmed the defect and sent me a new one the next day. They didn't waste my time or money to send the defective one back (which is actually quite usable in spite of the defect).

So, in your experience you haven't seen scratches caused by the hardcase? I just bought my Macbook and can not decide on going with or without a harshell case. Thanks for any input.

My Speck case has not scratched my MBP 15. If you take it off and clean inside the case once and a while it will be great. I have scratched the Speck case but could care less...at least it wasn't my aluminum body MBP getting scratched. I have the cool looking green hardshell case....well worth buying.

no dought about it, you can get a decent case at a decent price over at http://www.mymacbookcase.com i belive this is the section your looking for.
http://www.mymacbookcase.com/6-macbook-pro-case-15

hope that helps

If you want a hard case that is quite protective, I recommend the Pelican 1090CC;
http://www.pelican.com/cases_detail.php?Case=1090CC

I have the AXIO hard case for my 09 macbook pro 15 in. It is by far the best hard case that I have used for a laptop.

http://axioluggage.com/hardsleeve15.html

It says that it does not work with the new macbook pro but trust me it does. It fits perfect.

here is a link for a nice hard leather case i just bought it for mine and i love it its only 29.99 http://www.frys.com/product/5947154

I heard a lot of bad reviews of the speck case.

I have one on my MacBook Air and it's been working great. It snaps on easily and adds rigidity to the whole computer. Also, the rubber feet on the bottom are nice too. Keeps the computer from moving around in flight--especially if the pilot does a hammerhead stall or lands in a river.

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If you really want to protect it get a MacTruck

I heard the hard cases scratched the MacBook, is this true?