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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 megla_ »

teekert wrote: post #195
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.

Bash nor Linux nor BSD nor "anti-NSA" are companies...

Putting anti-NSA stickers on your laptop is the same as tweeting Rape is bad, which I've seen quite a lot recently.

What's the point? Everyone already agrees with you. You're just patting yourself on the back for thinking correctly, like the 99% of others.

Re: Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks

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Post by sq_ »

cgriswald wrote: post #159
Brajeshwar wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm also a no case person. I don't remember ever dropping my iPhones. But it is not for everyone. Once a friend took my phone to look at something and he dropped it, shattering the glass. I was more amazed that in its entirety of 3+ years, I never dropped the phone once but it slipped my friend's hand in just that few minutes. :-)

I’ve broken several iPhones including one the same day I got it. The breaks always seemed to happen randomly. Relatively low impact. But once I dropped one, tried to grab it, and ended up flinging it up and across the room where it hit the wall about ten feet up then fell anyway... it was fine. Another time I was hiking and stupidly had my phone out. I fell, landed with the screen side down beneath my hand onto pebbl…

My case on my 6s finally broke a few months ago after 3.5 years of (ab)use. In the whole time I had it, I dropped it maybe 5 times. In the week after the case broke and I took it off, I dropped it hard at least 3 times.

Suffice it to say, I got a replacement case real quick after that.

Re: Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks

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Post by coldtea »

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.

>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.

Why do you walk around with your laptop in your hands? For meetings?

>IT hates it but they hate dented aluminum cases more.

Even if it's a company issued laptop, what it's to IT whether you have stickers/tape or not?

Re: Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks

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Post by anbop »

coldtea wrote: post #197
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…

> There are a million reasons why people put stickers on laptops. And also a million why people don't. Well, let's not get carried away. There are a handful of reasons at best: 1) they feel the laptop is drab/empty and want to decorate it 2) they are fans of an artist/band and want to promote it 3) they want to broadcast the world the company they work for and/or their choice of frameworks and tools 4) they want to c…

That's as many reasons as you can come up with. That doesn't mean there aren't more. For example, my reason is to give my laptop more grip so it doesn't slip out of my hands. Nobody can imagine everyone's needs.

Re: Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks

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Post by theon144 »

Man, I wish I had done that with my last laptop! There were some stickers that I will never get again, because the communities have since been extinguished, some were personal gifts, some were mementos of specific events...

Not too optimistic about getting them off undamaged, seeing as they've been caked into the ThinkPad plastic for a couple years, and some have even took some scratches and tears...

Re: Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks

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Post by teekert »

MiscIdeaMaker99 wrote: post #127
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.

Stickers are purely an extension of one's ego.

Or a need for identity? Expression of your interests to an otherwise largely not-caring audience? I imagine having the best conversation at some point when some likes my openbsd sticker...

If you have a tux on your laptop I feel inclined to talk to you. If you hate my stickers (because you hate stickers), you feel less inclined to talk to me. Win-win.

Re: Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks

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Post by thinkingemote »

seanlane wrote: post #80

My alternative to slapping them on a laptop or laptop case: https://imgur.com/gallery/TTlSdKK Grab some magnet sheets, place sticker, and cut out. Makes them a bit more durable in that you can move them around, rather than only being able to stick once.

Do magnets do horrible things to computers? Or was that only CRT screens?

Re: Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks

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Post by collyw »

coldtea wrote: post #197
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…

> There are a million reasons why people put stickers on laptops. And also a million why people don't. Well, let's not get carried away. There are a handful of reasons at best: 1) they feel the laptop is drab/empty and want to decorate it 2) they are fans of an artist/band and want to promote it 3) they want to broadcast the world the company they work for and/or their choice of frameworks and tools 4) they want to c…

Personally I wanted to cover the Apple logo when I had a Macbook air from work. I don't want to do unpaid advertising for them.

Re: Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks

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Post by ojilles »

coldtea wrote: post #203
Moto7451 wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

> 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. Why do you walk around with your laptop in your hands? For meetings? > IT hates it but they hate dented aluminum cases more. Even if it's a company issued laptop, what it's to IT whether you have stickers/tape or not?

Makes it harder to re-issue it out once you have left.
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