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    Do you remove the stickers of new laptops? Which stickers? All?

    Discussion in 'Notebook Cosmetic Modifications and Custom Builds' started by Dan_Aykroyd, Jan 9, 2009.

  1. STAR TECH

    STAR TECH Company Representative

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    Those stickers are meant to be demo stickers like if your machine were on display. When you buy a notebook, camcorder, fax machine or any other piece of equipment the stickers should be removed with the exception of the product key and serial number stickers on the bottom or rear of your unit.
     
  2. tlg

    tlg Notebook Enthusiast

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    I remove only the

    2) The warning and caution labels (generally transparent)
     
  3. ComputerMD82

    ComputerMD82 NX-74205

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    They also give it that brand new look and feel when you leave them on :D

    Plus it looks less used to other people when you go to sell it later on.
     
  4. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Recieved the Kubuntu disc today, it didnt come with stickers =/

    Would be nice to have that cool blue sticker.
     
  5. Manic Penguins

    Manic Penguins [+[ ]=]

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    Try eBay? Might be lucky :D

    I remove all the 'in yo face' stickers. Keeps the proc, graphics and OS stickies though, just in case I forget ;)
     
  6. avanish11

    avanish11 Panda! ^_^

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    I got my Ubuntu disc today. It came with 4 huge stickers. About 1"x4" each. I was hoping that it would be small like 3/4"x3/4" like the vista sticker. Oh well. Time for the vista/centrino/nvidia stickers to come off, since the ubuntu stickers fail. :p
     
  7. CanonGlass3

    CanonGlass3 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I keep them on...except on my dell Desktop..i lost the Intel Pentium HT inside sticker..and the Designed for Windows XP is on my monitor o_O
     
  8. allfiredup

    allfiredup Notebook Virtuoso

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    Is it an unwritten law that the stickers (processor & OS, in my case) MUST be adhered CROOKED??? Is bugs the crap out of me....seen it from HP, Dell and Toshiba!
     
  9. avanish11

    avanish11 Panda! ^_^

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    Add gateway to that list. My old Gateway MT6828's stickers were at least 5 degrees off.
     
  10. JosePerez

    JosePerez Notebook Evangelist

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    I leave my x205 with all the stickers... I could remove the skype one over the screen but is not disturbing me, so no reason to...

    I think it looks cooler with the GOW sticker than without it...

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    Btw allfiredup, my stickers are all lined up, no crooked stickers here :)
     
  11. vinceboiii

    vinceboiii Animals are friends, not food.

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    you sit on the floor? lol plus i'd keep on the stickers something like that, like you said, it looks better, its not too plain + i'd save you the wear that you might cause on the palm rest ;p
     
  12. JosePerez

    JosePerez Notebook Evangelist

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    Nah, i have a desk... I found those pics on internet... I couldn't post one of my own cuz i didn't had any at that moment... I posted one in the "show your computer room" long ago, before i moved out, and actually after looking on internet i found is on page 40 :p
     
  13. Kocane

    Kocane Notebook Deity

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    The computer it self is already horribly ugly so yeah why not just leave all those fancy stickers there..


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    Thats my laptop and thats how it looks at me.. At first there was one single nvidia sticker but i instaremoved that. I hate stickers..
     
  14. JosePerez

    JosePerez Notebook Evangelist

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    Erm. I don't think the x205 is ugly at all but well that's my taste (and several ppl's who come and say, wow those speakers look great... Same to the lid :p :D )...

    I actually find yours too "plain and simple" :rolleyes: ...
     
  15. wobble987

    wobble987 Notebook Virtuoso

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    well if they have those advertising sticker that is very easy to remove. i clean them up. if its hard to remove i wont bother.

    i leave all the processor, graphic, OS sticker on. they dont distract me, and pulling them out causes more trouble, the glue they use is very strong and stubborn.

    i think i take the x205 rather than your notebook rebdk ;)

    joseperez, ill be really really tempted for removing those advert sticker (the blue one on the lid and the fire one on palmrest) but i suppose the palmrest one seems to be protecting it from sweat and dirt.
     
  16. MGS2392

    MGS2392 NAND Cat!

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    I keep the Intel/AMD, ATi/nVidia stickers, Windows stickers on. All other stickers go.

    Though I do want to add a few of my own. Like a Tux sticker.
     
  17. Azone

    Azone Notebook Evangelist

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    Well, mine only came with an nVidia sticker and a Centrino Duo sticker. Kept both of them. If I had anything else (Windows sticker, and all those annoying ones you get from off the shelf notebooks), I would remove them before booting up. However, stickers that show what's inside, I'll keep. :D
     
  18. nic.

    nic. Notebook Evangelist

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    No, no stickers. Its all black and there this red, green and blue alien. They need to be gone.
     
  19. joshthor

    joshthor 100% Crazy Sauce

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    i only keep the logo stickers, like the intel atom on my eee or the centrino, ati, whatever on my gateway the rest i rip off
     
  20. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Looks like I may need to on one of mine..it's turning sideways :eek:
    And, lifting a bit :eek: lol.


    Cin ;) :)
     
  21. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    I remove all of the stickers.
     
  22. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    I leave the MS and the manufacturer stickers on the bottom; they have numbers I may need.

    All those ugly little advertisements stickers on top are removed as soon as the PC boots the first time and I am reasonably sure it is not going right back.
     
  23. Dragunov-21

    Dragunov-21 Notebook Evangelist

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    I leave the NVidia, Intel, Dolby and Vista stickers, which are all together in a little cluster and about the size of a thumbprint each.

    My friend just got one and refuses to remove the in-store specsheet/advertisement that covers her entire palmrest... Looks ridiculous, but then it's her choice XD
     
  24. fluffboy

    fluffboy Notebook Evangelist

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    I remove all of it :D
     
  25. gary_hendricks

    gary_hendricks Notebook Evangelist

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    1) The ones that are big and right under your palms, mostly with the computers characteristics and such
    I like stickers but not much so I removed the ones mentioned above.
     
  26. faisalhero

    faisalhero Notebook Evangelist

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    i have left cpu/gpu/vista bz they are in the corner everything else got to go
     
  27. telkayam

    telkayam Notebook Guru

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    im replacing the sticker on my inspiron 9400
    i took of the intel core 2 duo inside sticker and ordered an intel core i7 sticker from ebay for it

    its going to look pretty cool
     
  28. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Dammit OCD. My new laptop's warranty seals are stuck on crooked.. and same for the Centrino 2, nVidia and Vista stickers.

    The only thing that was straight was the system specs sticker, but that's gone now since I will be installing more RAM.
     
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