Cases are optional and not yet released , first batch already sold out, any ways for 35$ it is a good deal.
You will not be dropping a dime because you are a collector This is for enthusiast only at the moment, later models will have a case.
I know '80's fashion was something best forgotten, but I don't remember having any 30-pound shoeboxes.
it is not a stylus nor a pen, neither was invented back then, plus you can not take a Cisco exam on a laptop , so if this is indeed a laptop he is probably just surfing the web or like mrbrklyn said he is "photoshopping" [Shopping for some photos for his new house]
Maybe that is what weakened the ancient greeks enough for the Romans to take over, an incredible outbreak of smug.