http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/ Engadget Comments for Engadget alum wants to laser-etch your gadgets http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/Dec 13th 2006 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/Dec 13th 2006 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/
Why?

Expensive.

Business model to fix that?

Unknown.

See where this is going? Encouraging a new market by making a previously expensive practice more profitable, it's not something as, unbelievably idiotic as "hype", nothing involving lasers needs hyping.]]>Dec 13th 2006 8:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/Dec 13th 2006 5:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/
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Mind you I do personally like the Open Source business Idea.. its like if McDonalds started selling the information they'd gleaned on creating a successful business, to people who wanted to do the same thing.. its not so much competition as offering advice and a solid business model for someone to start with.]]>Dec 13th 2006 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/
I've seen this before, either on here or TUAW, but I know I've seen it before and I know it's old news.]]>Dec 13th 2006 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/
If Reuters reports on a new war in Sudan, that means that my local paper shouldn't cover it?

Come on.

And besides, it's not about the laptop, it's about the brand new business that the laptop owner has started.]]>Dec 13th 2006 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/Dec 13th 2006 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/Dec 13th 2006 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/Dec 13th 2006 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/Dec 13th 2006 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/
You get UPS or Fedex to turn up at your door, collect your laptop, take it to the laser engraver and they send it back when its done.

Its all insured if anything goes wrong in the mail.

Thousands of laptops are delivered in this way on a daily basis, so whats the problem with you removing your battery (for weight) and mailing it?

As far as I know it doesn't void any warranties as its the same as putting stickers on your laptop. It doesn't burn deep enough to heat anything nor lazer through plastic/aluminium so you should be fine.]]>Dec 13th 2006 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/Dec 13th 2006 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/Dec 13th 2006 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/engadget-alum-wants-to-laser-etch-your-gadgets/Dec 13th 2006 3:55PM