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by specialist 1642 days ago
I used to want to personalize my laptops. Due to same vague notion it'd reduce confusion in the office. (Which proved to not be a problem.)

Not big on product stickers. Because "No Logo".

I haven't liked any of the cases I've tried. Among other problems, accumulation of grit and scuz.

I once tried that spray rubber stuff (on an old sacrificial laptop). PlastiDip? Didn't work well. I'm dumb about this stuff. Someone with more experience could probably make it "nice". I plugged stuff into the ports I cared about. Then tried to tidy all the edges with an exacto knife. Looked terrible.

You know those fancy vinyl car wraps? I keep expecting someone to do that for laptops.
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rexreed 1642 days ago
No need for plastidip, and no need to apply directly to the laptop.

I got these transparent covers for my Mac: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0009/5354/8852/products/cm...

Then I made a custom vinyl skin from DecalGirl that was applied to the top transparent cover : https://www.decalgirl.com/skins/laptops/apple

Problem solved. Now I have a laptop "wrap" that isn't permanently or semi-permanently attached to the machine.

DecalGirl has a bunch of other laptop skins as well for Dell, HP, Acer etc: https://www.decalgirl.com/skins/laptops

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mabbo 1642 days ago
> You know those fancy vinyl car wraps? I keep expecting someone to do that for laptops.

I had one of those in like 2006. There was a website where I gave my laptop model, uploaded the image I wanted, and they mailed me a perfectly sized sticker that covered my entire laptop back.

I made one real one, and a "Three Wolf Moon" one for fun.

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detaro 1642 days ago
> Not big on product stickers. Because "No Logo".

I personally use generic stickers from random sticker packs, since I also don't like the product or political stuff (well, work laptop can have employers product if there's nice stickers for that). E.g. the laptop I'm typing this on has a small bird sticker in one corner.

> You know those fancy vinyl car wraps? I keep expecting someone to do that for laptops.

"Laptop skins" is the keyword for that.

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lvncelot 1642 days ago
>You know those fancy vinyl car wraps? I keep expecting someone to do that for laptops.

Sounds like something dbrand[1] does.

[1]https://dbrand.com/shop/dell-xps-13-skins-9380

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awestroke 1642 days ago
dbrand sells vinyl "skins" for laptops and phones
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marcosdumay 1642 days ago
Ever though about printing your initials in a sticker?
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