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    My new skin for XPS 1340 w/ pics

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by chevychic55, Nov 5, 2009.

  1. chevychic55

    chevychic55 Notebook Consultant

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    Hello,
    just wanted to post some pictures of my new SGP Skin for my SXPS 1340. It has a silicon adhesive so you can reapply w/out messing it up. It looks way cooler in person and I have already gotten a few compliments. The best part is I dont have to worry so much about scratching.
     

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    Student Driver Notebook Consultant

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    Love it. Did you get it directly from them?
     
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    chevychic55 Notebook Consultant

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    No, they dont have this option on their site so I had to use ebay. It took a week and half to arrive, but was worth it. I think it was like $24 or so. Here is the link to their ebay site.

    SGP SKIN
     
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    chrusti Notebook Evangelist

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    Thats sweet, but if the palmrest remains unchanged I would rather not have it.
     
    chrusti, Nov 5, 2009
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    anything for the big brother 1640/1645?
     
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    I would love to see the version for 1640....it looks fantastic
     
    wlfng2005, Nov 6, 2009
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    chevychic55 Notebook Consultant

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    I believe they do have a palmrest product on the link above. The palmrest got great reviews on another thread.
     
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    chevychic55 Notebook Consultant

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    looked on ebay and the actual SGP site and couldnt find anything for the 1640... sorry
     
    chevychic55, Nov 6, 2009
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    huey85 Notebook Geek

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    I have had both the carbon lid skin and the synthetic "leather" (was more of a felt feeling material than leather) palm rest for some time now (since I got my SXPS 13), but I took off the palm rest recently as it was starting to get rather dusty/dirty. The carbon lid skin however, is still in perfect condition. Absolutely love it.
     
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    twinpeaks Notebook Guru

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    kewl, I wonder how much a custom Batman skin would be!!
     
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    Hey Chevychic and huey

    I was wondering what your experience was like overall with the leather skins from SGP both for the screen and the palm rest.

    I was considering both of them for my Studio XPS 1340

    What do you anticipate the lifetime for these to be? and did they cause any additional heating for the laptop?
     
    tapanp, Feb 7, 2010
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    chevychic55 Notebook Consultant

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    I have had my SGP skin on the top case for about 3 months. It is in still perfect condition. I don't have the palm rest so I can't say what that it like. As far as I can tell the lid cover doesn't change the temp at all. I take my laptop in and out of my backpack every day and it hasn't caused any sort of blemish (like peeling or warping). So far A+.
     
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    cool.. thanks
     
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    Very nice very nice, easier to clean since it has a skin on it now.
     
    freedom16, Feb 9, 2010
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