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9 amazing laser-etched laptops you haven't seen before
Two years ago laser-etched laptops were all over the Internet, mainly because of the famous tarsier and Magritte Powerbooks. But since then people have been busily etching all kinds of things into their laptop lids, from the Mona Lisa to Barry Manilow to My Pretty Pony. In fact, we found nine pieces of etched art ("art" being a relative term) you probably haven't seen before. Most of them are from Etchstar, with an absolutely gorgeous example from Engrave Your Tech. Enjoy:
Barry Manilow
Adam & Eve
Dinosaurs
Interesting Design
Kiss
The Mona Lisa
The Scream
The Enterprise
My Pretty Pony
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By Sisk at 6:48 AM ON 12/29/07
really nice My Pretty Pony
By icybeta at 7:24 AM ON 12/29/07
it's cute
By Mystech at 8:12 AM ON 12/29/07
Even though I wouldn't mind a new MBP, I'd LOVE a way to ditch the apple logo or obscure it... sort of like putting a new tattoo over the old. No platform hate/love at all; I just despise corporate branding.
By karen at 8:23 AM ON 12/29/07
that isn't a "pretty pony" -- it's a My Little Pony.
By fdf at 10:39 AM ON 12/29/07
this sucks!!!!!
By MANAR at 10:48 AM ON 12/29/07
the adam and eve one is ammazing and just right
By nkhat at 10:51 AM ON 12/29/07
very nice
thank you
By Unixmonkey at 11:43 AM ON 12/29/07
The last one is Minty from "My Little Pony", not "My Pretty Pony". My daughter loves those things.
By Will at 12:12 PM ON 12/29/07
Wow, some of these are really amazing, especially "the scream."
By etchstar.com at 1:48 PM ON 12/29/07
Thank you for the love! We are an Apple Specialist and will customize ANY product with ANY art. Take a look at our art library on line, including everything form Star Trek to US Army Logos.
By Ch00f at 4:21 PM ON 12/29/07
for those of you Tron fans, here's my laptop engraving
http://www.antiyawn.com/uploads/designfinal.jpg
By Tech Dreams at 9:16 PM ON 12/29/07
Excellent collection of laptop designs.
By MBF at 9:26 AM ON 12/30/07
Great stuff - how about doing some MacBooks? It'd look cool on black MacBooks and super-subtle on white ones!
By lp at 3:22 PM ON 12/30/07
Damn, Enterprise is really awesome!
By Jessica Short at 2:38 AM ON 12/31/07
Great Art.
I think this same technique can be used to make usual objects like light switches very good looking and not as standard as they are now.
By web desing company at 4:55 AM ON 12/31/07
i want laptop like these too
By joel at 8:24 PM ON 12/31/07
CH00F's Tron should have been included here! It's awesome, and, like "Interesting Design" and "Adam &Eve," the logo fits right in.
Again, nice job, CH00F!
By john at 12:54 PM ON 01/01/08
Mine's simple compared to those, but I've had it done for ages now...
By john at 12:56 PM ON 01/01/08
Fixed: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jabella/sets/72157600033633262/
By kiss at 7:59 AM ON 01/03/08
Great stuff
By cathy at 12:25 PM ON 01/03/08
I have had a Mr. Potato Head Colorforms on my iBook for years now. No big deal.
By kio at 6:59 AM ON 01/04/08
@Choof : The Tron PB is excellent !
By sonofman at 8:58 AM ON 01/14/08
how about doing a 'son of man' etch by rene magritte with the apple logo on the man's face :)
By INTERNO10 at 1:54 AM ON 01/17/08
Apple design does'n need those stuffs. Mind you: it's just a laptop!!!
By Used Van Girl at 12:27 PM ON 01/30/08
Its a great idea to personalise your mac.
By Cheap Laptops at 3:19 AM ON 02/23/08
I think you missed one :
http://www.splendidbits.com/2007/09/17/firefoxebay-macbook-pro/
By VW Van Leasing at 6:19 PM ON 06/14/08
How much does etching your laptop cost then?
By Macone at 4:32 AM ON 06/25/08
Might start seperate section in directory..looks interesting.
By steph at 4:36 AM ON 06/25/08
Worth a write up on my blog thats for sure.
By Slipster at 3:38 AM ON 07/02/08
wicked!
By wazoo at 3:41 AM ON 07/02/08
Cheers slipster, definately worth a write up for my new tech blog.
By Vinnie at 9:55 AM ON 07/03/08
Neat