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A while ago, the folks over at SkinStyler sent me a couple  of their Apple logo mod stickers for me to try out. Well today I was sitting around the house with my sister and looking at her ancient iBook G4. Suddenly I remembered these classic Apple stickers and asked if she wanted to try it out. She was pretty reluctant, but they were just stickers so we could peel it off if she didn’t like it. Well, here’s what it looked like:

I have to say that the classic rainbow Apple does look a lot better on the white plastic than it did on my aluminum PowerBook. And unlike the previous mod on my PowerBook, this rainbow logo was just a clear sticker that is applied to the exterior of the iBook case. Easily applied and easy to remove.

My sister was afraid people would think she was “full of pride”, but as far as I know it’s still stuck on her iBook.

… finally .

The specs:

• 15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display
• 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• 4GB Memory
• 320GB hard drive
• NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 512MB

Holding my new Macbook Pro

Macbook Pro open box

Macbook Pro open

First show and tell victim

Powerbook G4 and Macbook Pro side by side

iColours.ca has a number of little coloured films that mac users can use to customize the look of the apple logo on a laptop. I thought it would be really cool if I modded my PowerBook’s logo, so I went ahead and ordered the Classic Rainbow film to turn my logo into the Retro Apple. Installation requires popping off the top shell of the computer which houses the LCD, and inserting the film between the screen and the outer Apple logo. This is not a task for the faint hearted. The top shell of my aluminum PowerBook has only two tiny screws at the base. To separate the shell from the screen, I need to use a broad tool to pry and pop the shell off. This is very scary if you are doing it for the first time because you of course don’t want to break the computer (especially not after paying Apples Insanely High prices). I had previously taken off this top shell to tighten the laptop’s hinge, so this wasn’t a problem. 

After installing the rainbow film, closing the screen, and turning on the PowerBook, I decided that I just didn’t like the look of the Retro Apple. So I took it out and closed up. It might have looked better on a white or black macbook, but the rainbow colours against the aluminum of a PowerBook or MacBook Pro just doesn’t look right. Oh well, just a few dollars wasted, but it was good to see how it actually looked.