How to Buy Laptop Skins
If you are tired of your laptop looking gray, black or metallic silver just like everyone else's, you can put your own spin on your computer hardware with a laptop skin. Laptop skins come in a variety of sizes and types to match your personality and make your computer stand out from the rest.
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Instructions
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Measure your laptop's dimensions. This will help you determine what size laptop skin you need. Measure how long, how wide and how tall your laptop is.
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Decide what type of look you want for your laptop. The laptop skin that you select will affect the way people view you, so if you use your laptop at work, for example, you need to carefully consider your choice. If your laptop is solely for personal use, though, you can be free to pick anything you like.
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Check out local computer stores' selections. You may be able to find a laptop skin at a computer or electronics store that you like and that fits your computer. Not only will this result in your getting the skin sooner, but you will also save money on shipping. If you cannot find anything to your taste in a computer store, then you can look online.
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Find a website that sells laptop skins; there are hundreds to choose from. Some sell custom designs, and others have a variety of themes such as sports or hobbies. You can also get laptop skins that glow in the dark or that are made from environmentally friendly "green" materials. See the Resources for two websites to try.
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Check the sizes before you order. Generally, laptop skins will come in small, medium and large. Each company, however, uses slightly different measurements to determine what size is what. For example, one company may say that a small is 11.2 by 9.6 inches or smaller, a medium is 13.7 by 10 inches, and a large is 16 by 11 inches. These measurements will be similar to another company's, but they will not be identical, so make sure that your measurements match up with the size that you have selected.
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Order your laptop skin. Usually you can pay for the skin online using a credit card, a debit card or Paypal. If you do not have the means to do an electronic payment, you may need to get all the information about the skin from the website and go to a computer store to see if they can order it or have it in stock.
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Tips & Warnings
Laptop skins are intended to fit tightly, so do not order a skin that is larger than your computer. Usually you can trim them, so it is okay to order a medium if your computer is larger than a small but not at the maximum measurement for a medium. However, it will not work to try to put a large laptop skin on a small computer.
