By Matthew Kerridge

There are few people that do not own a laptop nowadays. However, they have moved on somewhat over the last few years, and are fast becoming a fashion item. This is no more true of course than bespoke designer laptops; yours if you have a few thousand, (or more), sloshing around your bank account.

Amongst these, Tulip are really starting to make an impression, with a host of stunning offerings; made to look like handbags. Many are styled with world renowned high end manufacturers in other fields too; such as Bentley.

The height of Tulip's design can be found in their E-Go Diamond. A beautiful looking machine, inlaid with solid white gold palladium plates. These plates themselves are set with brilliant cut diamonds, making for a total weight of a rather impressive eighty carats!

If that is still not enough for you, the Tulip logos being set with a square cut ruby is the final self-indulgent flourish to this piece of lusted for mobile gadgetry.

More mainstream companies are getting in on the act too, notably Hewlett Packard. The powerhouse has, in association with Vivienne Tam, designed a line of notebook laptops with the Chinese fashion designer's signature peony designs upon them. Styled much like clutch handbags, it is very "Sex in the City".

For the most discerning of fashionistas, there are also a range of accessories that come with the laptops. Whilst HP looks set to make more such associations, for both the male, female and lucrative teenage market.

If however this all seems small beer, then perhaps the latest limited edition laptops being designed by Luvaglio would be to your liking. Unlikely to be available to most however, it is set to be priced at the rather exclusive price of a cool million dollars.

Unfortunately, it is unlikely even you will have the pleasure of owning the 128GB, Blu-Ray machine; complete with its self cleaning widescreen. The Italian luxury giants are only offering it to exclusive clients, and it has thus far been two years in the making.

Of course, these are only a selection of designer laptops available and, you can expect more affordable and accessible options to be appearing in stores over the next few years. Indeed, it surely will not be too long before all mainstream retailers and manufacturers are hooking up with designers to present their own alternatives, as being pioneered by Acer and Dell.

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