{"id":547,"date":"2006-11-24T16:12:43","date_gmt":"2006-11-24T08:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2006\/11\/2006_11_24_1612.php"},"modified":"2006-11-24T16:12:43","modified_gmt":"2006-11-24T08:12:43","slug":"most-recent-incarnation-of-my-home-made-protectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/11\/24\/most-recent-incarnation-of-my-home-made-protectors","title":{"rendered":"Most recent incarnation of my home made protectors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following up on my “Do It Yourself Laptop Wrist Rug”<\/a> post, I’ve added protection for the other<\/em> parts of my MacBook Pro.<\/p>\n

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As I stated in the picture’s Flickr page, there have been quite a few nice additions:<\/p>\n

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  1. The wrist rugs now go all the way; flush to the edge of the keyboard.<\/li>\n
  2. Trackpad and button are now protected as well<\/li>\n
  3. Apple logo is now protected as well.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Images are level adjusted (and sharpened) to exaggerate the contrast of the texture and edges of the vinyl. On normal usage, they’re not that noticeable.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

    Again, doing the math:<\/p>\n

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    1. The cheapest trackpad protector I’ve seen costs about 200 bucks. A typical set with button protector cost me about 600 bucks the last time.<\/li>\n
    2. There are wrist-rug\/trackpad protector sets<\/a> available for about 19-24 dollars (roughly around 1k pesos)<\/li>\n
    3. There are no available “logo protectors” to the best of my knowledge.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      So as I said, you can spend up to a thousand bucks for a set. And if you’re unfortunate enough to have the top keyboard replaced, that’s another 1k right there for every new set you are forced to purchase.<\/p>\n

      How much did I spend for mine? 500 pesos (10 dollars) – and that’s only because the only vinyl available was in the form of a ridiculously large<\/em> roll. If you’re lucky enough to find stocks of the smaller rolls, then you can go as low as 70 pesos (1 dollar).<\/p>\n

      With these rolls, you’ll have the freedom to make<\/em> as much as you want, design them any way<\/em> you want, and can also afford to make as many mistakes as you could. 1 <\/sup><\/a>It’s easy to peel and re-apply the vinyl… and even if it comes to a point that you actually WRECKED it, then just make another one!<\/span><\/span>