TiPaint

May 4, 2002 10:07 PM

TiPaint is for Apple G4 Powerbook owners like me who have blemishes on thier baby's sleek exteriors. I dunno that the fact this product exsits is good or sad, but I know I just bought some and can't wait for it to show up. At least it's not terribly expensive.
posted by Dome-O-Rama (10 comments total)

ugh, these people need to remember to set the bgcolor attribute of the body tag.
posted by delmoi at 10:32 PM on May 4, 2002

wonder if they have anything to help my poor performa? it's only 10 years old this year.
posted by Kafei at 11:40 PM on May 4, 2002

Vanity, thy name is Macolyte. Wassamatter with you people? Got a scratch? Enlarge it with an icepick, rub tar into it, and embellish with a puff of blood-red Krylon. Dat's da juice from da PC body shop.
posted by Opus Dark at 12:03 AM on May 5, 2002

from what i've read elsewhere, people are not rating this product too highly....
posted by sawks at 5:01 AM on May 5, 2002

As long as the iBook keeps functioning normally and none of those nasty chips work their way into anything vital, I wouldn't give a hoot if the exterior looked as if it had leprosy.

And I have the Ford pickup truck to prove it.
posted by alumshubby at 8:34 AM on May 5, 2002

I like to paint on my computers, but not touch up paint. I favor acrylic & markers, cut up newpaper, and scratches with an exacto knife.

It gives you that "mad max" computing feel. (Ooh, maybe I should get some black shoulder pads and a pony tail for my G4 :)
posted by password at 9:55 AM on May 5, 2002

"You're so vain you probably think this paint is about you"
with apologies to Carly Simon
posted by onegoodmove at 5:01 PM on May 5, 2002

I've heard that the paint is actually off a shade or two.
posted by hobbes at 8:05 PM on May 5, 2002

Is this something to consider? : Apple's One Year Limited Warranty states the warranty does not apply "(c) to a product or a part that has been modified without the written permission of Apple."

Yet TiPaint's site (among others) states the chipping is a design flaw.

I have a friend who knowingly voided his warranty by placing a colored gel into the top of his iBook; are Powerbook users unknowingly voiding their warranty by performing touch-ups?

(or maybe I just don't know what the hell I'm talking about)
posted by gummi at 10:20 PM on May 5, 2002

And would that make the Apple warranty the worst ever?
posted by smackfu at 1:06 PM on May 6, 2002