Well after a long time of reading these boards and other apple related rumor sites and debating on when to buy my macbook pro for university next year I finally took the plunge the other week and visited my not-so-local apple store.
From lurking I had seen a few pictures of laser engraved macbook's and instantly knew it was something I wanted to try. So I had contacted a local engraving company about possibly having something done. I quickly received a reply by email saying they wouldn't take on any such risk. I couldn't find anybody else in the area so I decided I would go in, in person and try to change their minds yesterday. Well it paid off and the owner said that he would do it after I promised not to hold him accountable at all if even the slightest thing should go wrong and he told me it would cost about $10 since I already had the file made up in photoshop and just needed to give him an illustrator copy
Considering I had expected to pay at least 10x this much based on online advertisements I hurried my butt home and imported the design I had created into illustrator.
Then this afternoon I dropped off my computer and got a call right as I was in the process of making dinner asking if I could come down and just confirm a couple of things with the placement of my design (since he had never done anything like this before) and he needed me to unlock the laptop because it had the original design on it and he had a couple of things he needed to confirm. So I went back to the store very impressed that he was going to try and do it on the same day as I dropped it off. About an hour and a half later after learning a lot from talking with the owner it was done. In my opinion it turned out absolutely awesome. When I was leaving I asked how much I owed him he said don't worry about it I let him know I was ready to pay at least $100 for the job and I insisted that I pay him. He simply wouldn't accept any kind of money despite my attempts to leave some behind and walking out. I was extremely impressed with his business attitude and will definitely be returning if I need any sort of engraving in the future and will definitely recommend him should anybody have any questions about engraving.
So here's the finished design (original creation):
And here's my set up (until I move into my dorm room):
Specs: 2.5GHz, 15", 4gb Ram (self upgraded), 512mb 8600 GT, 250gb hd w/ 500gb external
From lurking I had seen a few pictures of laser engraved macbook's and instantly knew it was something I wanted to try. So I had contacted a local engraving company about possibly having something done. I quickly received a reply by email saying they wouldn't take on any such risk. I couldn't find anybody else in the area so I decided I would go in, in person and try to change their minds yesterday. Well it paid off and the owner said that he would do it after I promised not to hold him accountable at all if even the slightest thing should go wrong and he told me it would cost about $10 since I already had the file made up in photoshop and just needed to give him an illustrator copy
Considering I had expected to pay at least 10x this much based on online advertisements I hurried my butt home and imported the design I had created into illustrator. Then this afternoon I dropped off my computer and got a call right as I was in the process of making dinner asking if I could come down and just confirm a couple of things with the placement of my design (since he had never done anything like this before) and he needed me to unlock the laptop because it had the original design on it and he had a couple of things he needed to confirm. So I went back to the store very impressed that he was going to try and do it on the same day as I dropped it off. About an hour and a half later after learning a lot from talking with the owner it was done. In my opinion it turned out absolutely awesome. When I was leaving I asked how much I owed him he said don't worry about it
I let him know I was ready to pay at least $100 for the job and I insisted that I pay him. He simply wouldn't accept any kind of money despite my attempts to leave some behind and walking out. I was extremely impressed with his business attitude and will definitely be returning if I need any sort of engraving in the future and will definitely recommend him should anybody have any questions about engraving.So here's the finished design (original creation):
And here's my set up (until I move into my dorm room):
Specs: 2.5GHz, 15", 4gb Ram (self upgraded), 512mb 8600 GT, 250gb hd w/ 500gb external
