Well, you just gotta meet a friend of mine whose on fire!
Not only is this guy an ARTIST ...with a capital A ... but a BUSINESSMAN ... with a capital B
His name is Mike, ... and you may have heard of him. Check out what he's been up to lately.
Since there is flash involved, I don't think I can take you to a link directly. So follow this route once you are on the site.
* click on gaming (lower left arrow) * click graphic under revolutionary new product (top thing in left hand column) * click start for flash Read the list of features to the right of the photo.
Incidentally .... Dell contacted Mike about this venture.
Posted by Keith Myers (Member # 5051) on :
Dangit, I just bought a plain ole' black and grey XPS
Posted by Suelynn Sedor (Member # 442) on :
Wow, That is great for Mike!
A gig like this should set him up for life!
Congrats! I couldn't happen to a better guy!
Suelynn
Posted by Dale Manor (Member # 4858) on :
Just plain cool!
Congrats Mike wherever you are?
Posted by David McDonald (Member # 3433) on :
Great Balls of Fire!!!
Posted by George Perkins (Member # 156) on :
Oh now that is cool!!!!!! Way to go Mike and a big tip of the hat to Dell for not slappin stickers on it! A signed piece of artwork, how cool!!!!
Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
That's right George ... and better yet ... I think they are selling at about 10 grand each!
Sweet!
Little Letterhead done good ... in grand fashion!
Next time any of you out there think about devaluing your own work ... give it a second thought!
Nettie
Posted by Mark M. Kottwitz (Member # 1764) on :
Wow... I was gonna say I gotta get me one of those, but I don't think my accountant could even begin to justify that kind of expense... Much less me justifing it to my fiancee...
But that is one bad a** machine.
Posted by Rick Milne (Member # 4621) on :
Very cool - and a great tax write-off if you need to upgrade equipment!
Rick
Posted by Kimberly Zanetti (Member # 2546) on :
Is he going to do them in the green flame too? That would be awesome! Those are just too neat!!!
Posted by james chrimes (Member # 5864) on :
Do you know if he painted each indivually or if he painted on and they reproduced it?
Posted by Steve Shortreed (Member # 436) on :
There's nothing better than watching Mike on TV and bragging to all "Hey! That's my buddy!"
Here's a couple interesting links from the days Mike was still Our Star.
Hey Mike! Those KillerPaint T's are always a big hit on Resident Draw nights. Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
I was gonna say those had to be pretty expensive machines to get custom fire treatments.
Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
James, each one is an original ... signed by Mike Lavallee and Michael Dell.
Posted by bruce ward (Member # 1289) on :
holy damn! not to take away from the paint but did you read what this thing has in it?! awesome!!!!
very cool sounds on that link also janette that thing just lit up my surround sound! very well done....it must be cool to be able to do stuff like that...its waaaaaay over my head! good job!
i gotta getta a dell!
Posted by Dave Utter (Member # 634) on :
I saw one in my new computer power user mag, and thought it looked like someone had been rippin' Mike off. I had no idea mike had hand done each one! cool beans. Now I want one!
Posted by Karen Sartain (Member # 241) on :
Dang...and I just bought the XPS 400....I came sooooo close to the XPS 600, but then figured I really didn't need that much power. Wonder what it will go for??
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Good on you for having the skills, & the business acumen too!
Posted by Duncan Wilkie (Member # 132) on :
That's a great story...proud of ya Mike...ruff ruff
Posted by sarge (Member # 1022) on :
Good on ya Mike...Damn fine work!
Posted by Mike Lavallee (Member # 320) on :
Thanks Guys< They where a lot of hard work let me tell you! we're working on other things with DELL at the moment too. Each one of those systems also comes with a 30" monitor!
Posted by jake snow (Member # 5889) on :
Mike, have you ever heard of a brusher' named Bert Ballowe out in my neck of the woods?
Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
Congratulations, Mike. It's always great to hear when nice guys get good deals.
In another 50 years there will be teens running around with Mike's name on their shirts thinking he was a fashion designer or an old rock star.
Posted by Mike Lavallee (Member # 320) on :
yeah , Bert's an ol buddy of mine and fellow road dawg!
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Check out what he's been up to lately. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)