MacBook Air gilded again - that's two times too many

Really, it's ok, you can stop tipping us on the Golden Age / Bling My Thing MacBook Air. We know it's all 24k gold and has 12,000 Swarovski crystals and crap, but we'll be honest, this stuff kind of freaks us out. We don't know, it's just offensive in that way that only a triggered gag reflex can properly describe. Supposedly only twenty are being produced, and you know the story about price, and these things being out of your league if you even have to ask.

[Via Pocket-lint, thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[Ende @ Mar 5th 2008 2:49AM]

Thinking that almost 0.00000000294% of us are that stupid is an insult to humanity!

[ethana2 @ Mar 5th 2008 3:54AM]

If you really want to get depressed, take a look at average browser market share stats.

[Graham @ Mar 5th 2008 8:25AM]

or the election primary results.

[Cindy @ Mar 5th 2008 2:57AM]

It may freak out most of you, but if you could get passed that and realize that it is an artform and Bling-My-Thing seems to be the best at it. They didnt go out easy and just fill with one color, they hand draw this out in crystals! I just wish you could all realize that it is a wonderful artform, it is truly amazing. Bravo Bling-My-Thing.com! Bravo!

[Tim @ Mar 5th 2008 9:08AM]

Art form??? Um, no. Craft yes, art no.

[John Bailey @ Mar 5th 2008 10:59AM]

No. Not art, craft perhaps. But for my tastes, just tacky. Although this one doesn't seem quite as prone to making people want to stick sharp objects in their eyes.. But the picture doesn't show the full sparkly horror I'm sure.

Truly a product for those who can afford Fabergé, but prefer Franklin mint.

[Carbonize @ Mar 5th 2008 2:58AM]

How to make a ridiculously overpriced item even more overpriced and ridiculous.

[ethana2 @ Mar 5th 2008 3:51AM]

It actually matches my 'human' theme..
..but yeah, pretty much.

[Geir E @ Mar 5th 2008 5:14AM]

It was at least stylish, although the apple was a bit off theme. the previous was just plain ugly.

[Tim @ Mar 5th 2008 9:08AM]

Optimus Maximus is the same thing. A rediculously priced toy...

[tyler @ Mar 5th 2008 5:39PM]

Leave it to Engadget to give this publicity too.

[ray @ Mar 5th 2008 3:02AM]

despite the price, this is actually very beautiful, i like it.

[webon @ Mar 5th 2008 4:02AM]

what's that you smokin?

[tyler @ Mar 5th 2008 5:37PM]

Same shit I'm smokin!

[Pep @ Mar 5th 2008 3:08AM]

There's an easy way: just stop posting about them. Who the f*ck cares about a Swarowski MacBook Air. If you are so sick of it, stop paying attention. I know I won't miss it.

[ethana2 @ Mar 5th 2008 3:52AM]

Speak up people, who of you would?

[Konstantin @ Mar 5th 2008 4:21AM]

Come on man. Its kind of fun to laugh and complain about. Why do you even bother leaving a post if you think its so unimportant.

[Pep @ Mar 5th 2008 5:22AM]

Well. What I was saying is that if the Engadget guys complain about why people keep tipping them about this, the best way to stop the tippers is to stop posting their tips.

This is the rich guy's equivalent of me putting a sticker in my laptop. None of the two things should be news. This is news just because of the outrageous price.

This is a technology news blog. There's nothing technologically relevant in the Swarowski-modded laptop. So why should it be here?

[linuxamp @ Mar 5th 2008 3:46AM]

Wake me when someone makes a steampunk MBA (that'll probably weigh 5+ lbs)

[happy_penguin @ Mar 5th 2008 4:39AM]

Christ, how do you people find this garbage. Yikes!

[papafew @ Mar 5th 2008 5:08AM]

it's probably the ugliest thing that i saw in my entire life. makes me want to throw up... I go now...

[PJK @ Mar 5th 2008 5:13AM]

That is fucking god-awful, nausea inducing shit. Its disgusting on an aesthetic, conceptual , spiritual and social level. Its designers should be shot, their houses burned down and their bodies hung in the town square to serve as an example to all. The macbooks should be frozen in resin with the severed hand of the ones that made them and sent to the four corners of the earth to show what happens to those that pervert human creativity as a means to make over-priced consumer electronics, which are already an affront to the indigent millions, even more offensive in nature.

As unappealing as I find the technical specs of the macbook air, the design prowess that went into it is undeniable. They have gilded the lily with such thick heavy handedness that its collapsed under its own weight and now serves as a crumpled murdered monument to its wrecked previous beauty.

[Brentt @ Mar 5th 2008 7:29AM]

...is this why we have so many school shootings in the US???

[Tim @ Mar 5th 2008 9:09AM]

Beautifully stated.

[AutoTom @ Mar 5th 2008 5:48AM]

i think adding bling to anything is funny

still waiting on 'pimp my popemobile'

[reticulate @ Mar 5th 2008 6:42AM]

Wow.

If the Oxford Dictionary was looking for a new term to describe 'Tacky', they found it with this thing.

[M @ Mar 5th 2008 6:52AM]

This is overkill. It was funny when the swarovski one came out, and the carbon one (http://theworldofm.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/top-5-gadgets-i-need-now/)but this is endless. And frankly, if it's bling for the sake of bling, then it's not interesting. Like I have some Mario theme stuff on my blog (http://theworldofm.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/mario-retrocool/) and then people kept sending me stuff they made up like Mario printed mugs and gold plated marios, and jewel-encrusted Marios. Guys, c'mon! There is a fine line between modding and and being silly. If you have so much time, help me with my PhD

[mister_s @ Mar 5th 2008 7:40AM]

wonder y ppl wud go thru the trouble of producing lead crystals, precision cutting em and finaly sticking 12000 of em on apple junk?

[badenglishihave @ Mar 5th 2008 8:25AM]

Apple is making it way too easy for us to make fun of them.

[nikster @ Mar 5th 2008 11:29AM]

Apple didn't make this.

In fact, they are probably looking for legal ways to stop this atrocity right now.

[Pillarie @ Mar 5th 2008 8:35AM]

It's not even funny now ))
the macBook Air is said to be out of stocks, why in the world they paint it??

by the way...
Is the MacBook Air really worth it?
http://www.maconair.com/the_pros_and_cons

[i.Ninja @ Mar 5th 2008 9:18AM]

Does all that bling add an optical drive and few more USB ports? No you say?

Fail.

[farfisa @ Mar 5th 2008 9:41AM]

Kinda kills the weight advantage, eh?

[Finn @ Mar 5th 2008 9:44AM]

Is saw it at Cebit... i was almost crying!!!

[Sirocco @ Mar 5th 2008 7:16PM]

I agree, it does violate the bourgeoisie appeal of the Apple logo. Totally.

[Darrell @ Mar 5th 2008 8:17PM]

That one actually looks much better than the first catastrophe. still, I wouldn't buy a Mac. too many douche-taculars with it