MacBook Air gets smothered in Swarovski crystals, loses innocence
By Darren Murph 
posted February 27th 2008 3:44AM
posted February 27th 2008 3:44AM
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Whoa nelly!
so, it weights now double? what a gain! *g*
Just goes to further prove that a laptop like this is meant for the person who prefers style and "wow factor" before any sense of usefulness.
This laptop actually makes me glad that I'm not filthy rich.
How does it prove anything? I've seen plenty of other things covered in shiny gems (a waste really. It makes things look ugly)
I too wish I was filthy poor. ... sigh.. one can only dream..
How often do you see a Lenovo laptop covered in Swarovski crystals??
Not bashing Apple (I own a lot of Apple products), just saying that the MBA is strictly style before anything else.
"How often do you see a Lenovo laptop covered in Swarovski crystals??"
never, though at the same time i've never seen anything covered in swarovski crystals. so... does that make your point moot?
i once saw an obnoxious girl with a cellphone completely covered in pink crystals.
then i punched her in the face.
If I saw Paris Hilton, I'd punch her too.
@Grant - you, sir, made my day :)
I don't disagree, but why would somebody buy it for its style and then turn around and change that style that they bought it for. This is stupid.
Isn't the thing going to tip over now every time you open it because it's top heavy? Style only indeed.
The whole point of the Air is that it's ultra-portable. Would you really pay a fortune to make it useless?
It's already useless, except for a paperweight.
But it's only heavy enough to hold down approximately 3 pages, so it fails in that regard too.
Shouldn't be too hard getting people who pay too much for a laptop to pay too much for an ugly ass mod...
if it so can be called a mod
Excuse me, but this is fugly.
Fugly with an uppercase F!
The air is ugly too so what does it matter?
is there a raffle for that gadget to anyone can get that for free????
Don't fix something that ain't broken, I was told...
Turning something beautiful but useless into something awful AND useless is somehow against that, right?
I'll mess you up, then what man will want you , NONE! You scab faced whore of a macbook!
This is just sooo wrong! I mean using Swarovski crystals is just like, so cheap.
Now if they has used pink diamonds, then we might all have something to go wow at...
I think If you put this in an envelope you need to upgrade the insurance.
its interesting how "normal" it looks ones you cover the gray surface and apple logo with mostly black...
still, i guess apple is one of the few that get away with selling a "gray box" these days ;)
Looks like Swarovski tried to polish a turd but vomited all over it instead.
Swarovski didn't do it. CrystalIcing.com did it.
Dear god that is ugly
How vulgar
Wow, that's like Paris trashy...er...classy.
Dear Engadget:
Please stop covering gadgets covered in Russian glass; this isn't news.
With the light weight of the MBA and all of those sharp crystals, this thing can be a pretty deadly weapon.
BAM!
Boom!
Swarovski crystals sell for a NICKEL a pop.
ugliest laptop ever
why do stuidly rich people have no taste?
It's not just a Ho-Mac. It's a cheap Ho-Mac!
Why not just write your name in l33t on the front? That way your fashion can be as hopelessly dated as your hardware in 2 years!
I think I am going to have to pass on the MacBook Tacky.
"We wish we could say it was defaced and stripped of its soul for a good cause"
Wait, Macbooks can't have souls. Only beings which have souls can create other beings with souls, and I'm fairly certain Steve Jobs doesn't have a soul. Thus, the Macbook cannot have a soul.
He doesn't have a heart either, as evident here:
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=186
this is the perfect laptop for Paris Hilton.....
Which is about the level of intelligence someone would need to be to buy the lackluster MacBook Air anyway....
Hello? Dell's x300 has been around for years: 1.4Ghz, 80gigHD, 640meg-1gig RAM, ethernet port, 3 USB ports, wireless, removeable battery, and 2.8lbs, almost 1/2 the cost. Wow Apple, where you been dude?
I think customize your laptop it's a great idea, but not in that way... Laptops are always in 'movement' so we need protection with style, something to protect form scratches, even to express our self, that is why I create this stuff http://www.designdecals.com/index_eng.htm
I hope you like it!! Coments are welcome!!
Greetings form spain
I don't think I'd trust any company who does their business from a blogspot site.