Laser Etched MacBook Pros

[w_y]

Anybody get their macbook pro laser etched/engraved?

I found etchstar.com posting some of their mac book pro designs on digg:

Laser Engraved Laptop of the Day: Angry Woebots’ MacBook Pro

I've never heard of them before (anybody gone with them?), they have this in their store which I like a lot:

[jcotteri]

The japanese motif looks amazing.. I have seen it on an ipod as well...ace shit!

[magus1234]

frute swag

[DJ2xTech]

i like that painting, the great wave?

remember seeing it at the MET when i was doing a project in high school.

[w_y]

They have a write-up about the Japanese painting on their blog: Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa, is one of the most famous wood-block prints in the world. Created in the 1800’s, it shows a huge wave threating Japanese boats.

I think there are several reproductions, and not one original.

This iPod nano with the wave looks hot: Laser Etched Ipod of the Day: The Great Wave

[goldengloves]

I've been wanting to do this...I think I'll do it for my next Mac (which should be soon as my powerbook is going down hill).

[w_y]

goldengloves, i'd be looking at getting a new macbook or macbook pro this summer.

The rumor is Apple is on track for new radical designs for both

[goldengloves]

Wait, so another macbook pro is going to come out?! I thought they just released a new one not even a month ago?

[chrisj]

yeah gg, thats the word. my friend whose a big machead said to wait on any sort of upgrades dealing with mac.

laser etching been around for awhile.. kids who have access to laser etcher in school were doing it before it got commercialized. etching on a bunch of shit, computer cases, macbooks, ipods, anything with an etchable surface.

what i dont understand is why mac wasnt like hey just email us a jpg of this and that and you can customize your macbook for an extra 50 - 100 bucks or something. you'd think they would be ahead of the curve for this sort of shit.

[goldengloves]

Damn, really? Well thanks guys for the tip. I'll definitely wait to pick one up....shit, I was ready to go buy one of the new macbooks in the next week or two.

[Guest Methimphibian]

how are macs in general, do you tend to get a lot of spyware/adware/viruses?

[sungrak]

what is spyware? or adware? viruses like herpes?

make the switch meth.

its glorious not having to deal with that bs anymore.

and if you really need windows, bootcamp runs xp faster than most pcs.

[travisio]

i wish i would've thought of this myself. i can't get it, i'd feel like too much of a biter if i got it done.

[w_y]

Oooo that is nice travisio

I like the simplicity (and the beautiful girl) on this laser etched MacBook Pro they did for De La Barracuda (a great store on Melrose in LA: http://barracudashop.com/contact.html)

[polishmike]

Damn, really? Well thanks guys for the tip. I'll definitely wait to pick one up....shit, I was ready to go buy one of the new macbooks in the next week or two.

I doubt there will be anything out before June. If you need one now go for it, just get a macbook pro not a regular macbook.

[goldengloves]

Yea, I don't know if my powerbook can last much longer...It's already given me about 4 good years.

[w_y]

That's such a long time for a powerbook; you should be happy how long it's lasted!

I've had my MacBook Pro for almost exactly 2 years, if these new babies come out in June, I'm going to upgrade — I hate the heating issues I've had...