MacBook Pro gets laser-etched with a Dark Portal

by Mike Schramm Apr 14th 2008 at 4:00PM

A few times now, I've had the opportunity to laser etch some of my tech stuff, and yeah, I've always thought it would be cool to get a neat pic on my iPhone or my old Powerbook. But I've never had a good enough idea to etch into metal. Of course, if I'd seen this Dark Portal laser etching, though, I might have thought of some Warcraft-y ideas.

It's done by a company called Austin Laser Art. Justin, who owns the definitely Epic (or maybe even Artifact?) MBP, says that it took about 20 minutes to etch the laptop itself, though they did a few test etchings on paper to make sure it worked out all right first. The result looks pretty cool -- tons of detail and some really good looking shading. Plus, now we know what's behind that far portal in Nagrand: an Apple store.

[Via Wonderland]

Tags: austin-laser-art, dark-portal, etching, laser, macbook-pro, powerbook, wow-portal

Filed under: Items, Fan stuff, Odds and ends, Hardware

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Badger Apr 14th 2008 4:03PM

You are not i-Prepared!

Verses Apr 14th 2008 4:14PM

It also comes with a special edition of the game with a 125-man instance, Cupertino. Where you face Steave Jobs!

h8rain Apr 14th 2008 4:42PM

Nah, I think they would go the route like Haris Pilton

Jeeve Sobs :D

Went to Zul'Aman for the first time over the weekend. I meet Harrison Jones there. I love the funny names in WoW. Another good one is the Innkeeper at Temple of Telhamut(spelling?), Ophera Windfury.

Kyrra Apr 14th 2008 4:17PM

He does some amazing work. He was at SXSW Screenburn doing free laser etchings for 2 days, and it was great to see some of the work being done there. If you want to get something you own customized in this way, Austin Laser Art does a really great job.

You can see mine here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/austinlaserart/2323924985/

Badger Apr 14th 2008 4:22PM

Your iPod = Win

8-Bit Theater is the best.

joerendous Apr 14th 2008 6:12PM

i concur, your iPod is all sorts of win.

just like Red Mage.

pudds Apr 14th 2008 4:22PM

So Apple is the source of the demons...

ThorinII Apr 14th 2008 4:37PM

Wouldn't that be Microshaft!?!

pudds Apr 14th 2008 4:45PM

Nah, its quite clear to me that the Mac guy from the Mac/PC ads is a direct descendant of Beelzebub :P

Lenny Apr 14th 2008 6:25PM

Yknow, I always thought the laser etchings were really cheesy and tacky, but dammit, I want that on my 17" MBP :)

Ayalafatalis Apr 14th 2008 6:42PM

Maybe it's just me or maybe it's the angle of the photo, but doesnt the Portal look -slightly- crooked? It's an awesome piece, regardless.

Kyrra Apr 14th 2008 7:33PM

Here is the laptop from a different angle:
http://totallosers.net/upload/IMG_0068.JPG

Justin (the guy who had this done) is in my guild. :) The image I'm linking was the one he posted on our forums.

kb1ibt Apr 15th 2008 8:14PM

My name is actually Shawn, Kyrra made a mistake (confused me with a different guildie), and it was funny that you mention that you mention that "we know what's behind that far portal in Nagrand: an Apple store." Because up until Saturday I was an Apple employee at a retail store.