Own a Mac Laptop Dipped in Gold
Hardcore PC-modding Web site computer-choppers.com has gained notoriety on the Internet with amazing projects like the PC made out of a vintage Marantz stereo and the computerized ode to the Digg.com logo. Today, the guys behind the site are making waves with their latest customization: a MacBook Pro that they've painted up in 24k gold.
And, make no mistake: This isn't a Maaco-style outside spray job. Computer Choppers disassembled the laptop into pieces and have painted everything, including the keyboard, the battery cover, the screen bezel and screen hinge.
Though this started as a one-off "let's see if we can do it" kind of thing, the Computer Choppers site is now offering to give other Macbooks the Trump treatment for between $1,200 and $1,500 a pop depending on the current price of gold. If you'd like to become a goldmember, you can expect to go sans-computer for up to four weeks.
From Geek Sugar
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DarthBeavis @ Oct 1st 2007 9:54PM
Does the diamond encrusted apple logo come with teh price . . .
I would think about giving Qtip the pesos to pimp meh MacBook Pro but it would have to be a one-of-a-kind treatment.
robbyrob @ Oct 1st 2007 9:59PM
this is tight!!! I love it! that would be awsome for a first maC!
http://www.spymac.com/details/?2271912
MAC is LAME @ Oct 2nd 2007 12:43AM
Yeah lot of good that will do with Apples planned obsolence program. You buy a MAC and a month later you need to add stuff and well sorry parts for that system are no longer avilable you need to buy a new one to get that feature you wabt. Lame that wasteful marketing scheme wnet out back in the 70's with american cars that were out of date a month after you bought it.
AegisPC-Completely Customized @ Oct 2nd 2007 7:49PM
This is a great! You can also do this to a PC, which is 100% better than a Mac because of *soldered proc... what? *Unupgradedable components... sorry I have a cold.
Luckily, my laptop is already done with a leather skin with teak accents and a 925 silver emblem... so hahahaha, I'm still ahead of you people!