After four years at Automattic, you are given an awesome MacBook that has been customized by ColorWare to have a glowing WordPress logo instead of an Apple logo as well as being painted any color you wish.
My four year anniversary of being officially hired was last March (I was also on contract for 9 months) but as one of the handful of Windows users in the company, I originally opted to pass on the custom MacBook and stick with normal Windows laptops. I’ve used Windows for 20 years now and my primary machine is a very powerful desktop computer that I’ve built for gaming.
However I recently tried to use a Mac for something and realized that I had absolutely no clue how to use it. I didn’t even know about Finder! Yeah, pretty bad.
Additionally I saw some very cool looking customized MacBooks at my company’s annual full company meetup that made me want one too.
So I decided to get one after all and I’m super happy I did! It’s absolutely beautiful and I can install Windows on it so that I can use both operating systems.
Specs:
- 13″ MacBook Pro with Retina screen
- 3.0GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.5GHz
- 16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
- 1TB PCIe-based Flash Storage
Here’s how they do the custom logo:
That’s a pretty piece of machinery, sir!
Viper blue, I see. Where’s the stripes?
My Viper doesn’t have stripes either!
That’s a beautiful shade of blue, wow!
Congrats on your Automattiversary!
Thanks! I’ve actually been with Automattic 5 years now if you include my time contracting! My official 5 year anniversary will be in March. 🙂
Best ‘W’ laptop yet in my opinion!
Thanks! Sara’s gives mine a run for the money though: http://instagram.com/p/tLDGSQHrgS/
It has a slate grey base I believe. Looks really good.
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Wow, just wow. That blue color with white logo combination looks beautiful and very professional. I wish to get a full black color soon. 🙂
Robin.
Oh my gawd. That has got to be my dreammachine. Both the look, the Macbook type and the specs. Congratulations!
What color of blue is it? Cobolt, Abyss?
It’s one of the metallic colors, Midnight I believe.
Sounds right. Thanks.
Oh my gawd. That has got to be my dreammachine. Both the look, the Macbook type and the specs. Congratulations!
Thank for your post.
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