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MSI_TemplateMSI has just announced a contest that could land you a custom-designed U210, if you’re fancy enough. If the prospect of a free, custom-look netbook tickles your fancy, then Photoshop up, dear reader, it’s time to get your art on.

The contest, dubbed Think! Outside the “Box,” is a laptop design contest that asks the contestants to submit original skin designs for the MSI Wind U210 netbook. The contestant chosen for the best design will win a Wind U210 with their design painted on it, and a Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch input tablet. First and Second runners-up will receive a standard black & white Wind U210 and the Wacom Bamboo. Finally, three lucky voters will be selected at random to win a Wind U210.

Submissions are accepted until December 7, 2009, and you can vote on designs from now until December 13, 2009, with the winners being announced on December 15.

To all the visionaries who put stickers all over their devices to make it their own, this is your moment to shine. It’s time to prove to the world that we are the music makers, and dreamers of dreams. And well, free computers never hurt, either.

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15 Comments:

  1. FelixDeSouze
    Bring On The Trumpets!

    Looks pretty cool.. Get your thinking and arty caps on peeps!

  2. ubisurfer
    Guest

    This is interesting getting to do what we want for our netbook

  3. chrisWhite
    Polygons
  4. Butters
    Phat Rat

    I probably won't do this since I'll fail. I'll vote and see if I can be one of the many who won't be one of the 3 random winners.

  5. Bobby Miller
    The Dean of Computer Graphics

    Butters - that's the great part, even people who can't art it up can still win.

    I'm trying to decide what I could submit. I'm not an illustrator enough to beat some of these people, but dangit, I can design. It just needs to be clever.

  6. It also looks like voting on the designs also gets you a chance to win. Three voters will randomly be chosen to win netbooks as well.

  7. Buddy J
    Dept. of Propaganda

    Please vote for me.

    http://www.msimobile.com/events/lapt...GWwxZ1waxbc%3d

    It also enters you to win too so that's doubly cool.

  8. MAGIC
    NFNF
  9. Bobby Miller
    The Dean of Computer Graphics

    Le Mans netbook. I love it.

  10. Buddy J
    Dept. of Propaganda

    Cool design Magic!

  11. MAGIC
    NFNF
    Cool design Magic!

    Thanks. You too. I'm a little disappointed with the quality that is uploaded, especially if you have some detail in your design.

  12. ardichoke
    King Banana Spanner

    Blah... the problem with these contests is that I have ideas but not the skills to pull them off.
    /me mopes.

  13. MAGIC
    NFNF

    Than post your ideas, maybe others can do something with it.

  14. Danny
    Guest

    Hey. Those two designs are pretty sick. I think Buddy is going pretty good with the votes right now. What kind of details do you have Magic? I'm surprised that there's not that many people who submitted an image. Considering it's such an awesome unit, I'd think more people would jump on this creative wagon. Or vote at least. Does anyone know the voting policy? Can you vote more than once? This is awesome though. Something different from the company. Love it.

  15. Thrax
    Cad

    You can vote more than once, Danny.

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