Someones making a gold-plated MBP... :eek:

[ReanimationLP]

I saw this on HardForum.

I thought he was painting it by the title.

Hes plating it, with 24kt solid gold. O_O

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1220330

[dcv]

Ewwww, that's seriously minging. I only saw outer case pics or are there more elsewhere? Is this just an outer case project... what's that gonna look like with an aluminium keyboard? :confused: Surely he's not doing the whole thing and making every single key too? :eek:

[bartelby]

The gold is fugly!!!
Imagine how badly that thing will scratch!!:eek:

[Cabbit]

what are the pc users going to think about macs being expencive now after seeing that thing

[synth3tik]

Yuk I hate gold... wouldn't mind a steal mbp

[jjmaximum]

I'll use it wearing my gold-plated diapers of course...

[Mac Kiwi]

It is also possible it could just be chrome finish coloured in Photoshop.The reflection/specularity would be a bit different if that was the case though.


I would not be surpised if there are some gold Ipods and Mbps etc floating around for filthy rich clients.

[Cybergypsy]

No saw this a week ago, it gold and diamonds...... I will try to find the site...

here it is http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/09/10/gold.macbook.pro.in.works/

[dcv]

here it is http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/09/10/gold.macbook.pro.in.works/

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

[Schtumple]

Somebody's over compensating for something...

[Pressure]

It sounds heavy. I could see several celebrities wanting this, especially since it is a well known trend with mobile phones, so why not notebooks as well?

[bartelby]

It sounds heavy. I could see several celebrities wanting this, especially since it is a well known trend with mobile phones, so why not notebooks as well?

It's only plating, I doubt it'd weigh noticeably more than normal.

[dontwalkhand]

The thing is that the aluminum on MBPs help dissapate heat, how hot would a gold MBP run?

[Animalk]

Gold is the ultimate heat dissipator. They line the engine compartment of the McLaren F1 car with sheets of gold. It's kind of funny since many people complain about their MBP's running too hot :)

[shoulin333]

personally that thing looks like ass.... fingerprints galore



... not being racist, but i know a lot of Middle East and Eastern people like gold way more than the rest of us....


... personally if he wanted shiny i think it would look better as just pollished aluminum... although no way i would try to polish mine, sooo thin would prolly get hot and warp on the buffer....

[majordude]

Hes plating it, with 24kt solid gold.

Man! That thing is PIMP! :cool:

I found a photo of the owner...

[suneohair]

The person is probably going to sell it to someone just like the ones complaining and make a good amount of money. :eek:

[Mac Kiwi]

My guess would be it heads off to some Russian Oligarch.

[GavinTing]

Now he cant bring his MBP out without getting robbed :rolleyes:

[Genghis Khan]

http://www.bornrich.org/entry/gold-plated-macbook-pro-with-diamond-apple-logo/

I thought this was awesome...and all for only US$1500

[Koodauw]

I think it looks tacky, but that's just MO.

[paola105]

I think it's ugly. Brushed aluminum is clean and classy but this is just too much.
Tacky.

[GavinTing]

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=355269&highlight=gold+macbook+pro

People will be kicking themselves when they realise that a new MBP comes out the next day.

[compuguy1088]

http://www.bornrich.org/entry/gold-plated-macbook-pro-with-diamond-apple-logo/

I thought this was awesome...and all for only US$1500

Yea...I'll stick to my non-gold macbook pro....

[Rube]

There are some with too much time and too much money. I hope he gives it to a charity to auction off. That thing will have scratches within an hour after owning it.

Can you imagine using it out in the sun? The person is going to start some fires.

[Genghis Khan]

i admit i'm usually the most reserved person i know...but i do like this:p

[Sbrocket]

Who would actually use a gold-plated MacBook Pro as a laptop? I'd be afraid I'd damage it or it would get stolen if I carried it with me. :rolleyes:

[juanster]

ahhaha,, yeha way too tacky IMO but to each their own right?

[muttley1211]

Looks like something Donald Trump would like

[/V\acpower]

A clean silver Apple Logo would look WAY better.

If I was filthy rich, I would buy myself a Gold plated MBP...

The problem is, can I consider myself filthy rich ?...I think I need to sleep on this.

[iDAG]

It reminds me of the gold RAZR that at&t has.

[majordude]

That thing will have scratches within an hour after owning it.

And that differs from other Apple products how? I think I scratched the metal back of my iPod getting it out of the box and scratched the plastic front turning it on! :eek:

[webgoat]

... not being racist, but i know a lot of Middle East and Eastern people like gold way more than the rest of us.....

haha as soon as i read your post i couldn't help but think of south park with xerxes.... persians are going to cover everything with gold and put blue shag carpet everywhere

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/5/52/180px-Xerxes_(South_Park).png

[majordude]

haha as soon as i read your post i couldn't help but think of south park with xerxes.... persians are going to cover everything with gold and put blue shag carpet everywhere.

Substitute black velvet paintings for shag and you've got Puerto Rico.

[klymr]

You could also get a white gold plated one I'm sure. And I wouldn't expect it to last very long. It'd be pretty hard to get a thick layer of gold on something that big.

I personally wouldn't mind a colored aluminum MBP. That'd be easier and more cost effective. FWIW, I think with some of the stuff we have at work, I could turn my MBP black. Acid does some weird things to metals, especially when you mix electricity in with it all.

[anirban]

I wonder how much more heavier this thing would be than the Al based MBP.

[webgoat]

Who would actually use a gold-plated MacBook Pro as a laptop? I'd be afraid I'd damage it or it would get stolen if I carried it with me. :rolleyes:

persians
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/5/52/180px-Xerxes_(South_Park).png

[Nickygoat]

Better than that is the solid gold coated 8GB nano - an utter bargain at £9000/ $18000 :eek:

[triddent222]

yuck...that looks awful >.>

I wonder why people like gold so much. There's a group of people called the "new rich" who think EVERYTHING gold is pretty. Really, it's not.... Or, they would buy pretty much anything golden (like a $50K, 24k Gold Mouse...)...I myself consider gold to be a particularly difficult color to use, especially on high-end electronics. It just doesn't look good, in most cases.

[future macnerd]

I think the keyboard looks pretty cool, maybe if it was that keyboard and a gold colored mbp (not gold plate, too much shine for me) almost like the new gold razr I think someone else mentioned.

[shinji]

would look better in platinum

[Transeau]

Wow, now all it needs are 24" wire-spoke wheels and hydraulics.

http://static.zoovy.com/img/crite2000/-/split_gold_chrome_spoke

[alebar14]

http://www.computer-choppers.com/

[macmike47]

That falls into the category of "insanely-cool-but-I-wouldn't-want-one-even-for-free"

Imagine opening that up on the train :o [Cringe]

[synth3tik]

Never thought you could make a MBP look ugly:(

[portent]

Ugh. It'd look better if they spray-painted it Zune brown.

[psychofreak]

I wonder what a beautiful dark and shiny Leopard desktop would look on that thing...it certainly changes the look of the new racooniMac dramatically...

[phillipjfry]

Would go good with mah grill! :D

[iBookG4user]

That's pretty awesome, I wonder what the temperatures are on it though.

[MarkMS]

Like I need to spend more on a $2k computer. That thing just screams "I'm a snobby attention whore".

[xsedrinam]

It's quite striking. They don't mention price. I suppose it's one of those "if you have to ask....you can't afford it" things. That's why I had to ask. :D

[MarkMS]

It's quite striking. They don't mention price. I suppose it's one of those "if you have to ask....you can't afford it" things. That's why I had to ask. :D

I think I read somewhere that it was an additional $1000 on top of a MBP. Though, I'm not 100% sure.

[Masher500]

hey if i was loaded with cash, having something like that would be cool. bling bling doggy

[xsedrinam]

I think I read somewhere that it was an additional $1000 on top of a MBP. Though, I'm not 100% sure.
Thanks. Found this linkety (http://x1brettstuff.blogspot.com/) which quotes a 24kt gold plating at US$1200-1500 extra. No surprise that it's linked to bornrich.org (http://www.bornrich.org/entry/in-photos-gold-plated-macbook-pro-project/) :D

[squeeks]

guys...there are THREE other posts on this in this forum...

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=365383
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=362528
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=355269

[/V\acpower]

I think it looks pretty cool. The only thing I don't like it's the Apple Logo with stones...

[Jiddick ExRex]

Could be fun sending it in for repair:

- "Sir, the problem was embedded in the casing, so we removed it and swapped it with a new one."
- "Suuuuuuuuuure..." :rolleyes:

[flyinmac]

I wouldn't buy it. But, I do like it. Very nice looking.

[DarthTreydor]

it would have looked better in platinum

[Andrmgic]

it would have looked better in platinum

/agree

Though it does look very nice, I think the Diamonds on the back kinda ruin it for me.

[iToaster]

Awesome, but I bet it will get smudgy with a lot of finger prints soon after...

[alljunks]

now dats what i am talking about!!! blink blink!!!

[webgoat]

now dats what i am talking about!!! blink blink!!!

bling bling?

[ucfgrad93]

I saw this on HardForum.

I thought he was painting it by the title.

Hes plating it, with 24kt solid gold. O_O

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1220330

Sorry, but that thing is just butt-ugly!

[noodle654]

To be honest...that thing in BALLIN':D

[alebar14]

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/exclusive/giz-interview-creator-of-gold-macbook-pro-talks-macs-that-match-our-teeth-307880.php

[alljunks]

they got gold plated iphone as well..oh man...

[stevegmu]

Sweet!
http://www.powermax.com/parts/show/ma896ll__a-gold?src=g

[eric55lv]

Really?:eek:Wow no wonder its $6,000

[Toe]

Yeah, but these are weirder. :)
http://www.colorwarepc.com/showgallerylarge.aspx?galleryid=2&slideidx=36
http://www.colorwarepc.com/showgallerylarge.aspx?galleryid=2&slideidx=16
http://www.colorwarepc.com/categories.aspx

http://www.colorwarepc.com/images/gallery/small_product_gallery/slide036_lg.jpg

[majordude]

Sweet!
http://www.powermax.com/parts/show/ma896ll__a-gold?src=g

So pimpin'... that it is called the iMac Daddy. :rolleyes: