Laptops Arena

We are now back with a new episode of “Pimp my laptop”. Just kidding. But we thought it would be fun if we wrote some more about how to personalize your laptop especially since we know how it important is it to have an everyday gadget that matches you personality. Besides, if you are a person that has to make a living while sitting in front of a laptop, like I am, might as well buy a sticker or personalize one that can be pleasant to look at. It could make you forget for a while that this is a work instrument.

Our topic for today is Asus laptop skins. Well, skins are not made for a certain manufacturer; they are made in different sizes. For example, www.schtickers.com lets you choose the laptop manufacturer and you have a table with the width, height and screen size and they will tell you what size the stickers are available. Normally, when you choose a certain manufacturer on such a website, you are given a list of all the models and under each particular model you will find the exact size of the laptop. Then all you have to do is browse the skins by size (for example, 15.4 laptop skins or 13.3 laptop skins).

www.laptopskins.net is one of the coolest websites with skins for any laptop model, not just an Asus.  A laptop skins costs 20 Euros and they have some of the neatest models I have ever seen. Like I said in one previous article, laptop skins are not only made for design purposes, they also help keeping the laptop protected from scratches and other visible marks. The categories which you can choose from are Blue Sky, Water Bubbles, Camouflage, Cream, Depth Styles, Flowers, Frozen Light, Geek Out, Graffiti Art, Industrial, Paisley, Pastel, Plain, Rorschach, Spring, Tiles, Trees, Typography, Vector Art, Vintage and Warning. Unfortunately, each category only has 9 models available which is terrible disappointment, considering that other website have hundreds and maybe thousands of skins available. My favorite category was the Water Bubbles because when I looked at those skins I really had the feeling that bubbles were going to burst right in my face. When you choose the laptop skin that you mostly like, it’s time to choose the size of your laptop. Payment can be made online though your credit card or PayPal. It’s that simple.



Another nice website where you can find Asus laptop skins is www.skinweaver.com. The best part is they also have keyboard skins if you want to add some color to those plain white and boring keys.  I have to say, the skins in this website are amazing. I saw an incredible Christmas picture with 2 very cute and animated red nose reindeers. The skin is designed for a 16.8 inch laptop and it costs only $15. The package even includes some matching palm rest skins to personalize even the interior of your laptop. Although there was no visible information on this matter, I’m guessing these skins are removable and replaceable because it would be pretty weird to go to work or school with a Christmas skin on your laptop in the middle of July. The names of the categories are a bit different here then they were on the previous website. We have: Premium Skin, Transparent Skin, Netbook, Translucent, Animals, Bling, Cars, Cartoons, Dreamy, Executive, Fashionista, Flowers, Graffiti, Legends, Music, Off-center, Patterns, Peace, Retro, Romantic, Sleek, Temptress, Unicolor, Valentine, Winter and Zero Gravity. The names of these categories sound pretty interesting so I decided to check out some of them.



The Animals category is by far one of the coolest I have even seen. I saw some beautiful pictures of Collies, Golden Retriever puppies, white tiger, Shar-pei, butterflies, bunnies and even an ugly tarantula. Except for the spider, my guess is that animal lovers will have a very difficult time in making up their mind which picture is better and which one they should by. It will be easier for those that actually have a Collie or a Golden Retriever at home. I also wondered what kind of skins that Executive category could have in store for us. Most of the skins in this category are abstract and they use serious cold and dark colors, with different shades of green or blue. One picture even shows some documents and money, both paper and coins and even some gold bars. Talk about CEO material! The Legends category has some awesome pictures with characters we all heard about. I liked the Superman skin which shows our hero on the right side of the sticker and the background is composed by one clear blue sky. This Legend category mostly contains tribal images or dragon images and even some abstract designs.



The Cartoon category holds some really nice images, very colorful and cute. They are excellent for kid’s laptops and some high school girls may even fall in love with those cute bunnies and teddy bears. To tell you the truth, when I saw the Cartoons category I imagined I would find skins with famous cartoon characters like Tom and Jerry, Donald Duck or Chip and Dale so I must admit I was a bit disappointed. Just to be in the holiday spirit, I had to see if there was anything interesting in the Christmas category. I found a beautiful image which reminded me of those paintings that my grandmother used to have with cottages in the middle of the woods, surrounded by tons of snow. All those lights that were lit inside the house suggested there was a big family inside which was getting ready for Christmas and it really used to put me in the holiday spirit. This picture was about the same.



The main idea is that laptop skins take your boring laptop out of the ordinary. The majority of Asus laptops are not famous for their design so when you look at that plain old black lid, it really is a working turn off. Imagine filling it up with color so it will be a pleasure to open up your Asus laptop and work, while the others admire that beautiful skin you have there.