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Dell Goes Urban With Mike Ming's Art House Laptops
Posted by Jason Chen at 5:38 AM on May 7, 2008
What's the best way to make kids who are all hopped up on Apple's MacBooks to get excited about your laptops? Hire Mike Ming, a Brooklyn-based artist, to decorate up the backs of your laptops in graffiti-like designs. These paints are available on the Inspiron 1525 in both Mike Ming and Mike Ming Extreme Edition. The extra cost for Mike Ming to go extreme? US$100. Available now for US$699 and US$799. Also, in about a year, you'll be able to order a laptop with your own custom designs, such as your face or a picture of your kids. [Dell]
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Cobolman2
Posted 6:06 AM 7/5/08
Buy a sticker. Because you can peel it off later.
Cobolman2
flyboy
Posted 6:04 AM 7/5/08
@SeattleTed:
brand less would be cool period...
flyboy
SeattleTed
Posted 6:01 AM 7/5/08
@SeattleTed: actually no I wouldn't it still runs windows -but I THOUGHT I would buy it.
SeattleTed
werk
Posted 6:00 AM 7/5/08
@Let_everything:
can't wait to get my goatsepiron!
werk
SeattleTed
Posted 6:00 AM 7/5/08
I'd buy it without the "Dell" logo effing up the middle.
SeattleTed
Let_everything
Posted 5:55 AM 7/5/08
You know someone is going to put their but on one.
Let_everything
bosskev
Posted 5:54 AM 7/5/08
From Dell's Mike Ming page:
"...self-expression with a lasting impression"
I am not so sure. However, if you define "self-expression" as "not being able to express your own artistic vision but having enough discretionary cash to buy into a mass-marketed, faux-artwork edition that appeals to the pop-culturally-enslaved consumer", then yes, I agree.
bosskev
Darrone
Posted 5:52 AM 7/5/08
I thought dell already screamed "Yuppy"?
Darrone
shamoononon
Posted 5:50 AM 7/5/08
Hey, who shat on my laptop?
shamoononon
Kaiser-Machead
Posted 5:45 AM 7/5/08
It may be a Dell, but I'd so go for being able to put my own design on a laptop. That said, it's still a Dell, so no deal.
Kaiser-Machead
godwhacker
Posted 5:43 AM 7/5/08
it's still a dell
godwhacker
flyboy
Posted 6:30 AM 7/5/08
@ripfire4:
uhh.
what is the really worst laptop brand?
it would be worth buying one and sticking an apple logo on it.
flyboy
ripfire4
Posted 6:25 AM 7/5/08
Everybody would bash Dell, but when someone offers them an Acer "Uhhhh. No thanks." Tsh
ripfire4
kahri
Posted 6:24 AM 7/5/08
cuz us common folk never heard of vinyl.
kahri
TOWken22
Posted 6:21 AM 7/5/08
Mike Ming's work is nice and it definitely makes the Dell look like a polished turd, but something about a bunch of other people rocking the same "unique" design as my laptop would really take the cool out of this. Not that the Dell doesn't already do this. Mod your own laptop with a truly custom design FTW.
TOWken22
frigg
Posted 7:01 AM 7/5/08
For the love o' irony, I look forward to ordering a custom designed exterior, and painstakingly designing it to look exactly the same as the standard model.
frigg
twreckx
Posted 7:01 AM 7/5/08
Totally happy with my gelaskins cover. @ $30 bucks it cost me significantly less and lets someone else express themselves at my expense.
twreckx
evangelistc01
Posted 6:56 AM 7/5/08
At least it's not a Mac. I think the design is okay; reminds me of some albums I have.
evangelistc01
twoeightnine
Posted 6:52 AM 7/5/08
Or for $20 you can buy 3 sheets of removable sticker paper at Office Max and print up your own design.
twoeightnine
kahri
Posted 7:21 AM 7/5/08
@YoMommaIsMyMomma: yeah, you know those bloods n' crips love hanging out on the porch and checking their myspace pages.
kahri
kahri
Posted 7:19 AM 7/5/08
the design isn't bad IMO, just not on a laptop. And BTW Dell, this doesn't make the inspiron the 'cool' thing to have. "lipstick on a pig" seems fitting.
kahri
YoMommaIsMyMomma
Posted 7:11 AM 7/5/08
BTW they should come up with Bloods and Crips graffiti designs. that would be awsome.
YoMommaIsMyMomma
YoMommaIsMyMomma
Posted 7:10 AM 7/5/08
Seriously whats a MacBook? Is it some kind of Big Mac from McDonalds but in the form of a book?
YoMommaIsMyMomma
IndustrialJones
Posted 7:36 AM 7/5/08
I've got a Dell and I don't have any problems with it. There's a lot crappier laptops out there I could have bought.
I've got a vinyl skin coming in from skinit.com with my own custom graphics I uploaded to their site.
IndustrialJones
Kaiser-Machead
Posted 10:09 AM 7/5/08
@YoMommaIsMyMomma: Bullet proof display bezels would be a welcome add-on.
Kaiser-Machead