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iColours inserts review.
« Thread Started on Mar 30, 2007, 3:08am »

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You might have seen some iBooks, Macbooks, and Powerbooks with the Apple logo that’s positioned on the lid illuminated with color or a design. Maybe it was colored the old school rainbow colors, maybe it was a solid color like graysail’s iBook. Sometimes, you’ll see the rainbow. It will look dull and not very professional. Other times, you might see one that looks really really top notch. This review is about those top notch colored Apple logo’s you might see. If the ones you have seen look exceptionally well, they are probably made by iColours.ca. I am going to review the rainbow iColours inserts.

I recently purchased an insert from www.icolours.ca just for a review. I had seen these inserts about a year ago. I never gave it much thought. I thought they were very interesting and they looked really nice. I never really had much of a desire to actually color the logo on my iBook. I did try a Knox Ware logo once, and a skull. But I decided against it the day I put them into my iBook G3. I just didn’t feel right altering my darling laptop, in a sense it felt a little taboo. I wanted to keep the cleanliness of the iBook, I thought a skull looked out of place. After taking out the skull and the other logo. I stumbled upon these iColour films, I was amazed at how clean they looked. Since it has been a year or more, I had a change of heart and decided to try one of these inserts out. I headed over to www.icolours.ca to see what their current products were. They have a few more selections than the last time I looked at the inventory. I decided to go with the old school Apple rainbow. You just cannot go wrong with the rainbow Apple logo, it’s a classic. The film cost $3.99 USD with free shipping. You really cannot beat free shipping. After waiting 2 days, the insert arrived! I was very surprised at how fast the shipment was. The package was a plain white envelope with the iColours logo.

The package was a plain white envelope with the iColours logo.
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I blurred out our addresses so neither one of us receive any weirdo's on our doorsteps.
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I pulled out the contents, wrapped around the insert was a little thank you note, very nice touch, it also kept the insert from being bent in the mail, the paper used was card stock type paper, so it's a little thicker than regular paper.
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The package flipped over.
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This is where I got excited. I seen how nice the colors were. They are the correct shades. Which to me is great, because I have seen some other inserts by other companies that looked a little off. The color is dead on with the iColours.
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Here is the insert out of the paper "cover".
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Held up to the light.
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I was really excited to put this into my iBook, when I held the insert up to the light I was amazed at out crystal clear the colors were. I proceeded to take the lid off of the iBook, the lids are held together with 4 hex screws, very simple to get the screws out. If you have never taken the top cover off on an iBook before, you will want to do it with precaution. The top half clips onto the LCD bezel on the front, basically it's clipped all around. You have to bend up on the cover to get it to pop off, you can also use a small flathead, but be VERY CAREFUL!, you could slip and stab your LCD. That would be bad. There is also a manual on icolours.ca, you can pick your model of laptop and read the guide, www.ifixit.com also has some very good guides on how to take apart your laptop.
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Screwdriver in.
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Screws out.
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Lid is now partially off.
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With the lid now off of the iBook, I centered the insert onto the inside of the lid, over the Apple logo.
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Once it was in place, I held it up to the window to see what the lid would look like with light passing through it, mind you, the colors are not correct because of the light intensity and poor lighting in my room.
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Once I made sure everything was in place, I secured the insert down with clear tape. I then clipped the housing back onto my LCD and screwed the iBook lid back together. the remaining pictures are of the final outcome.
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Close up.
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In the dark.
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Look we match! (don't we make a cute couple

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All in all, I am very pleased with this product. The quality is superb, the price is very fair, the shipping is extremely fast. The support is amazing for people that are new to taking computers apart. A newbie shouldn't feel overwhelmed if they are just jumping into it. I really cannot praise this product enough. It is definitely staying in my iBook for a long time.

The only cons to the product are, I should have more!!! And I dont have enough mac laptops to put them in haha. Really, there are no cons.

p.s. keep your eyes open, we might see another one posted eventually. Can we say Knox Ware logo? :-D I might see if I can get a couple logo's done. Anyways, enjoy and go order a couple!

10 out 10 rating. www.icolours.ca price: $3.99 US, shipping is free.

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Re: iColours inserts review.
« Reply #1 on Mar 30, 2007, 10:43pm »

so if technically engineered this into my dell would you make fun of me? mind you the dell button would be gone... great review and me likes alot

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« Reply #2 on Mar 31, 2007, 12:13am »

nope, not at all. They aren't limited to just apple based laptops. It's just they are the ones that usually have a clear cutout of the logo.

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« Reply #3 on Mar 31, 2007, 12:47am »

well i loves me dremel and i havent gotten to use it yet other than on me car but that wasnt a mod just some flood lights cuz the deer are getting BAAAAAD. But I am tired of the white acrylic framed silver luminum and dell button

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