Design a netbook, win a netbook

Bobby Miller 10 Nov, 2009 at 8:56am ET Article published in Tech

MSI 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.

Comments

10 Nov 2009 ~ 9:06am FelixDeSouze Looks pretty cool.. Get your thinking and arty caps on peeps!
10 Nov 2009 ~ 3:29pm ubisurfer This is interesting getting to do what we want for our netbook
10 Nov 2009 ~ 3:30pm chrisWhite In.
10 Nov 2009 ~ 6:07pm Butters 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.
10 Nov 2009 ~ 10:29pm UPSLynx 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.
10 Nov 2009 ~ 11:38pm GnomeQueen 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.
12 Nov 2009 ~ 5:08pm BuddyJ Please vote for me.

http://www.msimobile.com/events/laptopdesign_2009_12/vote.aspx?id=GWwxZ1waxbc%3d

It also enters you to win too so that's doubly cool.
12 Nov 2009 ~ 7:59pm MAGIC Mine. Vote for me too KTHX!

http://www.msimobile.com/events/laptopdesign_2009_12/image.ashx?size=bnb&id=264
12 Nov 2009 ~ 8:00pm UPSLynx Le Mans netbook. I love it.
12 Nov 2009 ~ 10:44pm BuddyJ Cool design Magic!
12 Nov 2009 ~ 11:41pm MAGIC

Buddy J wrote:

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.
13 Nov 2009 ~ 12:04am ardichoke Blah... the problem with these contests is that I have ideas but not the skills to pull them off.
/me mopes.
13 Nov 2009 ~ 12:09am MAGIC Than post your ideas, maybe others can do something with it.
17 Nov 2009 ~ 4:16pm Danny 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.
17 Nov 2009 ~ 5:05pm Thrax You can vote more than once, Danny.