Stickers on computers: Y / N ? | The Coffeehouse

jamie

I wonder if apple puts stickers on it's computers: powered by intel, OSX, Designed by Apple

..not sure but i think not. I am going to remove those energy star / windows and intel stickers - stuck on my kiosk (carefully!)

what's youre take on pc stickers - harmless? stupid?

Cupiditas
Chris Hawkins

Irritating. They never come off properly, either, they just leave this great horrible sticky mark. At least my Vostro only has Intel and Vista stickers. My last laptop had an enormous sticker curtesy of AMD. That made a mess.

jamie

In reply to Cupiditas

#Jun 9th @ 7:11 PM

i agree - plus i build my own machines at wintel - and they always put this cheesy Wintel computers sticker on the case (as there is a space for this)

but its an ugly logo and a horrendously sticky - sticker!

death to stickies! Wink

ManipUni
Proving QQ for 5 years!

Get some WD-40, put it on a paper towel, put it on top of the sticker and allow the sticker to soak up the oil. Then the sticker will just slide right off. Remove any excess oil with a dry towel. If you have any left over glue then use rubbing alcohol.

PS - I personally like the Intel Inside and eStar stickers. I hate most others though.

edit: I do not accept any liability or damages for anyone who squirts WD-40 into their laptop (or allows an oversaturated paper towel to drip). Less is more people, less is more!

jamie

In reply to ManipUni

#Jun 9th @ 7:23 PM

ya but when you walk up to a bank kiosk - it doesnt advertise what its powered by (especially with stickers!)

and the energy star = s**t paper sticker - glue everywhere... Tongue Out

ManipUni
Proving QQ for 5 years!

In reply to jamie

#Jun 9th @ 7:28 PM

You should just press the paper towel straight down over the sticker, the WD-40 will get under it, and after some time you should just be able to slide the sticker off in one go. Some glue will remain but that is where the rubbing alcohol comes in Smiley

jamie

In reply to ManipUni

#Jun 9th @ 7:30 PM

haha - ya i should have read that FIRST

* as a musician - i love stickers - band stickers ... for computer case and guitar cases..

but i hate these little -metal - sticky - stickers! arg!

edit: BAD sticker:

GOOD sticker:

VB Man
Year of the Linux MCE.

No, they do not. The stickers all on the palmrests of PCs looks so cheap. Apple sticks to the highest quality.

andokai

In reply to VB Man

#Jun 9th @ 7:47 PM

Nice pun.

Ion Todirel
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AndyC

I'm definitely not a fan of stickers on PCs. I can just about live with the small Windows/Intel ones (though I'd rather they weren't there to be honest - I already bought the machine, it's too late to advertise it too me).

What I really can't understand is the people who leave the massive and easy to peel off specification stickers on their laptop. Tha's just bizarre.

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

In reply to AndyC

#Jun 10th @ 1:59 AM

Perhaps some people just don't care that there's a sticker there?

zian
Exploding heads since 1988

I like them if they're perfectly straight and look metal-ly, like the Intel ones. The Windows Vista Basic sticker looks awful.

AndyC

In reply to Bas

#Jun 10th @ 2:27 AM

They probably don't. But they look ugly and usually have one of those dangling pull things to make it obvious that you're intended to remove it. It bugs me. So do people who leave that bit of transparent packing plastic on there phone screens. It shouldn't bother me, it just does. Tongue Out

Ion Todirel
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In reply to AndyC

#Jun 10th @ 3:41 AM

hey Jamie, you should design a sticker "I'm to cool for stickers" and stick it on your machine Smiley

Koogle
I'm a Terminator - Astalavista, Vis7a!

I take off ugly looking stickers, decent looking stickers I leave on so long as they are out of the way and not distracting.. really they are very harmless those stickers jamie

"It bugs me. So do people who leave that bit of transparent packing plastic on there phone screens."

and mp3 players etc.. yeah I don't understand those people who leave them stickers on.. suppesedly to stop scratches.. while they're using a screen with with little air pockets and less clearness to view the actual screen. me I rip that sucker off and just take good care of the screen from scratches.

How is this a GOOD sticker?? it looks like a creased mess..

WillemM

Nope, don't have stickers on my imac. My PC on the other hand doesn't have them either.

JohnAskew
9 girl in pink sweater

In reply to WillemM

#Jun 10th @ 11:24 AM

You have an imac in one hand and a PC in the other hand? In India, it is customary to use the imac hand when, nevermind...

Stick 'em where appropriate, I say, and I'm still looking for that Chevy with "Intel Inside" stickers covering it entirely.

exoteric
I : Next<I>

In reply to Ion Todirel

#Jun 10th @ 8:41 AM

Stick it to 'im!

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

In reply to AndyC

#Jun 10th @ 1:59 AM

I want to see those Windows COA stickers moved from the underside of laptops to being placed in the battery compartment. There's no use in them being exposed like that and ruin the aesthetics of a laptop (not that they had any to begin with, but the underside of Apple laptops looks better than the topside of most Windows laptops I've seen).

Harlequin
http://twitter.com/TrueHarlequin

In reply to W3bbo

#Jun 10th @ 1:46 PM

http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/003754.php

Stuff on the Cool Tools blog here is supposed to clean up sticky crap like that easily. Maybe someone on C9 has tried it.

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In reply to W3bbo

#Jun 10th @ 1:46 PM

Until you need to read the product key while the computer's running for whatever reason (which has happened to me before).

AndyC

In reply to W3bbo

#Jun 10th @ 1:46 PM

I don't think I've seen a COA label anywhere but under the battery in a laptop for years, though that might stem from a Dell thing. As CannotResolveSymbol says, it's a pain in the butt when you actually need to look at it but thankfully that isn't often.

Bass
www.spreadfirefox.com/5years/

In reply to AndyC

#Jun 10th @ 3:41 AM

Because they think if they remove their stickers the computer will asplode.

dahat

I tend to yank all of the manufacturer provided "Powered by" and "Designed for" stickers from my laptops (where they are more of an eye sore than on a desktop)... then add a few I'm a PC or various Windows Home Server stickers to the mix Smiley