Laaaaazer Laptop Etchin’
- December 12th, 2006
- 5 Comments
(Kevin Rose shows off his diggbook. You’d be smiling too if you were RICH, oh and if you just got your laptop etched. Yea.)
If you’ve been seeing those laser etched laptops floating around and have been hoping to get one for yourself, then head-on (apply directly to the forehead) over to Adafruit Industries. Adafruit was founded by Phil Torrone, of Make, and Limor Fried. The pair aims to bring laser etching to the masses. It’s by appointment only, but laptops will run $100 and smaller devices, like iPods, will cost $30.
Maybe I’ll get this done when I finally motivate myself to get a new Macbook Pro. Those who have had it done liken it to getting a tattoo, whereas stickers on laptops are like a temporary tat and the laser etched is more manly and permanent.
Laser etching coming to a laptop near you [CNET]
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bpm2000 (Who am I?)
1 year ago
is that a blackbook? I wasnt aware laser etching worked on the plastic cases…
pt (Who am I?)
1 year ago
bpm2000 - sure can, it turns out great too.
also, just to clarify - adafruit is limor’s biz, the laser services is the biz we’re doing together - she sells open source electronic kits, also worth checking out.
bpm2000 (Who am I?)
1 year ago
How does the etching show up on a white macbook?
Thats awesome that it works on the polycarb - cheaper than colorware!
pt (Who am I?)
1 year ago
i’ll post our examples once i get all caught up, man, folks really like this.
Peter (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Pretty damn cool. $100 is not horrible, I guess it’s more of a local thing since shipping your computer probably isn’t something most people are comfortable with.