Previously I have bought BestSkinEver brand clear skins. I get the matte version since they add a little grip to the MBP case.
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I Just Received my Dbrand Skins for 16" MacBook Pro
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Previously I have bought BestSkinEver brand clear skins. I get the matte version since they add a little grip to the MBP case.
that leather sleeve is too sweet not to have a protective laptop bag for it !
Same here. My last Speck case was around 2014 and I wasn't happy about it, spontaneously it developed cracks in the corners of the top case, and the latches broke on the bottom case. The i-Blason stuff is more robust than that (not much, but barely enough).
dbrand external skins in general look pretty amazing. The matte black looks awesome on the Space Gray MacBook Pro. That being said, I wouldn't do the trackpad and palm rest cover. Most of them look bad to me
I thought I'd get in on the fun and share mine too:
I have tried all sort of cases, and experienced the same issues. Within 6-8 months each of them had cracks and eventually the cracks got so big they would not long hold on to the MBP.
I feel the same way, but I wear an old-fashioned watch with a metal band, and left uncovered, it will scratch the palm rest to hell. Protecting the palm rest was the lesser of two evils for me.
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I just ordered a green leather pattern skin for my soon to arrive 16". Looks nice. I've used several skins in the past and installation is always challenging. Any tips?
It's from a small company called Toast. You can get one here.
Be forewarned though, they're a little ridiculously priced. I still personally felt like it beat getting a sleeve or vinyl skin though (much less both), so I bit the bullet.
Post a picture when you get it installed. Which brand did you order? Regardless, Watch the dbrand video on YouTube, and follow their instructions; they will basically work for any MacBook Pro skin.
I'm guessing they wont like mine much either.You probably won't like this either...View attachment 880453
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I think that looks stunning... did you do the bottom too? I ask because I wonder how that would effect heat dissipation.
How long does dbrand take to ship? I ordered from them for the first time last week and haven’t been able to get a hold of them for shipping updates.
cars and computers aren't the same thing. A skin on a super clean MacBook Pro cheapens it lets be honest. If you do it for protection sure but most are hideous and not needed unless you are clumsy. The orange skin is a pretty cringeworthy. Not sure why anyone would do that to a MacBook Pro makes it look like a 200$ plastic piece of .... The orange truck well that is gorgeous because well its not wrapped in cheap vinyl.
Cf Skins are decent but the whole cf fad is just out of hand. No your cf skin doesn't add anymore Horsepower to your computer. It might make it look a tad more manly if that's what you are going for but the raw aluminum is just sexy and classy.
Cf Skins are decent but the whole cf fad is just out of hand. No your cf skin doesn't add anymore Horsepower to your computer. It might make it look a tad more manly if that's what you are going for but the raw aluminum is just sexy and classy.
You're literally trying to argue taste? You know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Your opinion doesn't matter. He likes it, that's all that matters. You don't like it, then don't do it to yours.
I’m An artist that’s all I do is judge taste. People judge me on my taste everyday. I understand that I don’t have to like it but I have an opinion on people ruining the look of their classy machines for something tacky. Some people, most people, have no design sense and ask for opinions.
Here is a photo of my 16" with the clean skin installed on my 16" MBP. Its installed on the top, palm rests, trackpad, and bottom of the laptop. Again, this is a wet install so you have to do it with care but its virtually undetectable when its installed properly and keeps the laptop really clean and free from any scratches.
