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Title: Laptop stickers?
Post by: xtrafrood on Mon, 08 October 2018, 19:28:50
When I was in 'college' laptops I saw were completely void of stickers (including mine), though these days it seems like everyone has stickers on their laptops. Are laptop stickers the new bumper sticker?

Also, do you think Microsoft's 'Surface as a Service' inititive might affect the spread of laptop stickers, and perhaps even undermine the underlying entity behind said stickers?
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: noisyturtle on Mon, 08 October 2018, 19:39:27
stickerbombing looks atrocious imo
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 08 October 2018, 19:48:40
Yea, it's the new bumpersticker..


The change from yesteryear is by 2 primary pressures.



LOW cost of all mass produced items.

---- The china button, has made all items so cheap, that anyone can have them, constant and rapidly.

Reduced TimeSpan in order To Express individuality.

---- People have less time to make an impression given the pace of the modern lifestyle, therefore they need to make a Stout impression right away, which typically involves direct and extravagant visuals..



Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 08 October 2018, 20:49:06
My computers are unadorned, except for a sticky label covering the webcams.
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 08 October 2018, 20:50:47
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 08 October 2018, 20:49:06
My computers are unadorned, except for a sticky label covering the webcams.

What are you Hiding.. !!

Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: mason on Mon, 08 October 2018, 21:44:42
I have two on mine

sorry
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 08 October 2018, 22:11:41
Quote from: mason on Mon, 08 October 2018, 21:44:42
I have two on mine

sorry

Please remove stickers and mail to csmertx for confiscation.

Voluntary compliance will be reward with leniency
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: xtrafrood on Mon, 08 October 2018, 22:24:10
Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 08 October 2018, 22:11:41
Quote from: mason on Mon, 08 October 2018, 21:44:42
I have two on mine

sorry

Please remove stickers and mail to csmertx for confiscation.

Voluntary compliance will be reward with leniency

My zero sticker policy was instituted because of wallet size and laziness :))

React.js and Python? Or maybe node.js and Python?
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: romevi on Mon, 08 October 2018, 22:33:45
I think they're ugly as heck, but some can be classy. I like the Linux ones where they're put on the handrest of the laptop and say "Powered by Linux" or something of the sort.

I have one on the top half of my MBP case. It's a rainbow Apple one.
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: nmur on Mon, 08 October 2018, 22:44:30
just the one on my Dell work laptop (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181009/e9e069b629f205dc75883f1a0fc9e63d.jpg)
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 09 October 2018, 06:05:10
Quote from: nmur on Mon, 08 October 2018, 22:44:30
just the one on my Dell work laptop
Show Image
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181009/e9e069b629f205dc75883f1a0fc9e63d.jpg)


carbon fiber skin ?
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: SBJ on Tue, 09 October 2018, 06:42:11
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 08 October 2018, 20:49:06
My computers are unadorned, except for a sticky label covering the webcams.
Hah same. :D My work laptop had a sticker proclaiming how good the webcam is. That's now covering the webcam.
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: nmur on Tue, 09 October 2018, 06:47:39
Quote from: tp4tissue on Tue, 09 October 2018, 06:05:10
Quote from: nmur on Mon, 08 October 2018, 22:44:30
just the one on my Dell work laptop
Show Image
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181009/e9e069b629f205dc75883f1a0fc9e63d.jpg)


carbon fiber skin ?
nah that's just the laptop lid
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 09 October 2018, 07:42:11
Quote from: nmur on Tue, 09 October 2018, 06:47:39
nah that's just the laptop lid

Carbon fiber makes computers at least 25% faster.. !!
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: xtrafrood on Tue, 09 October 2018, 11:18:04
Quote from: nmur on Mon, 08 October 2018, 22:44:30
just the one on my Dell work laptop
Show Image
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181009/e9e069b629f205dc75883f1a0fc9e63d.jpg)


Oh nice, pictures are always appreciated  :)
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: romevi on Tue, 09 October 2018, 16:59:14
Okay, okay. Here's mine. Like I said, they're nice if they're subtle.

(https://i.imgur.com/03JExRj.jpg)
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 09 October 2018, 17:23:03
Quote from: romevi on Tue, 09 October 2018, 16:59:14
Okay, okay. Here's mine. Like I said, they're nice if they're subtle.

Show Image
(https://i.imgur.com/03JExRj.jpg)




That is NOT subtle.. hahaha

A very bold visual statement..
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: xtrafrood on Tue, 09 October 2018, 17:45:08
Quote from: tp4tissue on Tue, 09 October 2018, 17:23:03
Quote from: romevi on Tue, 09 October 2018, 16:59:14
Okay, okay. Here's mine. Like I said, they're nice if they're subtle.

Show Image
(https://i.imgur.com/03JExRj.jpg)




That is NOT subtle.. hahaha

A very bold visual statement..

tp4tissue, you're a bold visual statement. Love that rainbow style--reminds me of my first time with choplifter.
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 09 October 2018, 17:55:22
Quote from: csmertx on Tue, 09 October 2018, 17:45:08


tp4tissue, you're a bold visual statement. Love that rainbow style--reminds me of my first time with choplifter.

Tp4 has never claimed otherwise.. Tp4 = TRUTH.. !!
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: ArchDill on Tue, 09 October 2018, 17:59:18
On a previous MacBook, I had stickers all over the case but not on the Mac itself. I always try and keep my electronics pristine for the sake of re-sell.

I just got a 2018 MacBook Pro and that thing is too damn beautiful to put a case on it though!
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: romevi on Tue, 09 October 2018, 19:59:46
Quote from: tp4tissue on Tue, 09 October 2018, 17:23:03
Quote from: romevi on Tue, 09 October 2018, 16:59:14
Okay, okay. Here's mine. Like I said, they're nice if they're subtle.

Show Image
(https://i.imgur.com/03JExRj.jpg)




That is NOT subtle.. hahaha

A very bold visual statement..

Hey, man.  :'(

I love the older Apple logo colors and decided it would be fitting on my MBP's woodgrain case as it completely covered up the actual logo on the computer. I don't use MBPs much these days, but that machine in the picture is a 2010 MBP with Linux installed; I used to have a rainbow Apple logo on the actual lit-up logo, and since the new woodgrain case covered it up I got a sticker to put on the case.


Quote from: ArchDill on Tue, 09 October 2018, 17:59:18
On a previous MacBook, I had stickers all over the case but not on the Mac itself. I always try and keep my electronics pristine for the sake of re-sell.

Yeah, same here. I learned after buying an iPod shortly before the iPod Video came out; I engraved the iPod with my name, then a few months later the Video was announced. Couldn't sell my older one for a while, but, eventually, a friend bought it for way less and had the name scuffed out. Ever since then I almost always put a case on an expensive electronic and don't put any markings on it in case I decide to resell so I can "upgrade" to a newer model. (Though now most of my older devices are kept out of sentimentality.)
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: noisyturtle on Tue, 09 October 2018, 20:10:24
essentially just telling the world you're off your medication
(http://i.imgur.com/7pLWFtj.jpg)
apologies to anyone who develops ocular cancer looking at this picture.
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 09 October 2018, 20:37:49
Quote from: romevi on Tue, 09 October 2018, 19:59:46

Hey, man.  :'(

I love the older Apple logo colors and decided it would be fitting on my MBP's woodgrain case as it completely covered up the actual logo on the computer. I don't use MBPs much these days, but that machine in the picture is a 2010 MBP with Linux installed; I used to have a rainbow Apple logo on the actual lit-up logo, and since the new woodgrain case covered it up I got a sticker to put on the case.



Tp4 mean't no malice.
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 10 October 2018, 20:48:25
Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 08 October 2018, 20:50:47
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 08 October 2018, 20:49:06
My computers are unadorned, except for a sticky label covering the webcams.

What are you Hiding.. !!

Everything!
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 10 October 2018, 20:50:16
only sticker I ever put on a laptop was a geekhack sticker, is that acceptable?
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: xtrafrood on Thu, 11 October 2018, 06:48:09
Quote from: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 10 October 2018, 20:50:16
only sticker I ever put on a laptop was a geekhack sticker, is that acceptable?

I had high hopes to see an Ed sticker (if the exist), but I guess a Geekhack sticker will do..  ;)
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: 9999hp on Thu, 11 October 2018, 10:46:09
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 08 October 2018, 20:49:06
My computers are unadorned, except for a sticky label covering the webcams.

Awhile ago, I had a custom gaming laptop built and had them remove all the decals, anything that could be used to identify it's contents and function removed. On the outside it looked like something someones grandma might've still used; but on the inside it was a pretty powerful machine for a laptop, thought of it as a preventative measure against theft as well as just looking aesthetically clean.
Title: Re: Laptop stickers?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 11 October 2018, 10:49:17
Quote from: noisyturtle on Tue, 09 October 2018, 20:10:24
essentially just telling the world you're off your medication
Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/7pLWFtj.jpg)

apologies to anyone who develops ocular cancer looking at this picture.
Hahahahahahahahahah

Thinkpad, the workhorse of the IT industry, and most-budget Otaku fap-machine..


That looks like an x200,  T420 is the most popular retro these days..  followed by x220