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Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks

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Re: Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks

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Post by function_seven »

darkerside wrote: post #144
Stratoscope wrote: post #134

I have devoted my life to removing stickers from all my computers. The first thing I do with a new ThinkPad is remove the Intel and Lenovo stickers from the palmrest. (Tip: If you have a Swiss Army knife with the plastic toothpick, the flat point of that toothpick is a perfect tool for lifting a corner of a sticker.) The one exception was when I realized I was using my late 2013 MacBook Pro in Windows more than in OS…

I have found it similarly satisfying to remove the dealer decals from every car I buy. Although it's probably easier just to make them remove it as a condition of sale.

I have a prediction to make. Let me know if I'm right or wrong: These cars with dealer decals are all from dealerships located outside of California, yeah?

I ask because I have a suspicion that CA law bans them. Either that, or our culture is so anti-dealer-decal that none dare try to add them. (Every decal I've ever seen has been from out of state)

Re: Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks

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Post by erik_seaberg »

ahartmetz wrote: post #95
meerita wrote: post #89

Call me weirdo but I never jumped on the sticker wagon. I don't see the point of advertising companies for free. My support would be more in terms of using their services (paying, yes) than paying and also putting stickers on my laptop. Is just because fanatism or feeling proud of using something? I'm not trying to be jerk, but I never understood that movement.

Many to most typical laptop stickers don't advertise companies. Also, if you stick one over the glowing apple, you disable some rather obnoxious advertising.

I enjoyed finding a foil sticker at jwz's club that turned the glowing apple into a glowing double helix.

https: //www.dnalounge.com/store/stickers.html

Re: Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks

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Post by rcarmo »

When I had a black Lenovo X1, I glued a single sticker in the center (a silver cutout of the Imperial Sigil from Star Wars) and stuck all the “other” stuff (conference logos, mementos, etc.) to the underside.

This was part of a long-running joke about my joining the Dark Side (I work for Microsoft), and was all the individuality my laptop really needed.

My last work MacBook had the same sigil stuck under the Apple logo (back when it was lit) and a couple of other stickers on the underside as well, just so I could single it out, but I never really went for glueing lots of stickers to my machines, and these days I carry a Surface Pro (which folds at the back) or a Surface Laptop (which I like for its clean looks), so stickers are mostly out (I make do with a big high-res Stormtrooper close-up photo on my login screens, which are usually the first thing people see when I set up for a presentation :))

I like the idea, though, and wonder if I will end up combining it with a large decal of some kind. Printing a partially opaque monochrome image on that big a Surface (pun not intended) is... interesting.

Re: Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks

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Post by skrebbel »

Shorel wrote: post #156
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Stickers are purely a way to identify your laptop in a sea of otherwise identical MacBook pros.

At work, my laptop is the only one with a Ryzen sticker.

Isn't that a bit like putting a BMW sticker on a Toyota Auris?

Re: Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks

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Post by epse »

Moto7451 wrote: post #147
brogrammernot wrote: post #146

Earlier quoted context omitted.

lol, or a way to express themselves Or.... A way to piss of IT departments

I put gaffing tape on mine for grip since we have to key card in and out of doors on the floors of our non-shared office. I kept dropping a new-ish 15” they gave me as I often had to juggle things while getting in and out of heavily sprung doors. IT hates it but they hate dented aluminum cases more.

What's to hate about gaffers tape? Doesn't even leave residue

Re: Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks

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Post by AceyMan »

function_seven wrote: post #181
darkerside wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have found it similarly satisfying to remove the dealer decals from every car I buy. Although it's probably easier just to make them remove it as a condition of sale.

I have a prediction to make. Let me know if I'm right or wrong: These cars with dealer decals are all from dealerships located outside of California, yeah? I ask because I have a suspicion that CA law bans them. Either that, or our culture is so anti-dealer-decal that none dare try to add them. (Every decal I've ever seen has been from out of state)

You got that right. I'm from Georgia and when I bought a new car I had to get firm with the sales guy wrt no stinking stickers.

But I'm in CA now and no one has stickers; the tactful substitute is a "complementary" plate bezel with some dealer details on it (name, city). Those are subtle and I kind of like seeing where people are from.

Back in GA we have very legible county (2cm font) stickers on all the plates so that's how to geo-locate other cars there.

Re: Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks

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Post by panpanna »

want2know wrote: post #180

It's sad to see that in this thread most people jump in conclusions because they only assume there is only one reason why people put stickers on laptops. Without giving it much thought you place people in a 'category' that only exists in your mind. There are a million reasons why people put stickers on laptops. And also a million why people don't. I guess it's best to keep an open mind and don't think you know why pe…

Maybe this is a reaction towards the people who often do this?

After all, we have seen both kinds in our workplaces and they sometimes have certain attributes?

Re: Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks

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Post by sq_ »

panpanna wrote: post #189
want2know wrote: post #180

It's sad to see that in this thread most people jump in conclusions because they only assume there is only one reason why people put stickers on laptops. Without giving it much thought you place people in a 'category' that only exists in your mind. There are a million reasons why people put stickers on laptops. And also a million why people don't. I guess it's best to keep an open mind and don't think you know why pe…

Maybe this is a reaction towards the people who often do this? After all, we have seen both kinds in our workplaces and they sometimes have certain attributes?

In all seriousness, what attributes are you talking about? Pushing hard for certain software/tech/orgs that they like?
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