AMD Hates Laptop Stickers As Much As You Do

pickens writes "David Pogue writes in the NY Times that when you buy a new Windows PC, it comes festooned with stickers on the palm rests: one for Windows, one for Skype, one for Intel, one for the laptop company, maybe an Energy Star sticker and so on. 'It's like buying a new, luxury car — and discovering that it comes with non-removable bumper stickers that promote the motor oil, the floor mat maker, the windshield-fluid company and the pine tree air freshener you have no intention of ever using,' writes Pogue. But the worst thing is that when you peel them off, they shred, leaving adhesive crud behind. 'When you've just spent big bucks on a laptop, should you really be obligated to spend the first 20 minutes trying to dissolve away the sticker goop with WD40?' But AMD has a solution. Starting next year, AMD will switch to new stickers that peel off easily, leaving no residue; after that, it's considering eliminating the sticker program altogether."

Not on Mac? Really?

[e065c8515d206cb0e190]

Try to remove that huge apple that says "I overpay my hardware" with WD40...

Not just laptops..

[slashkitty]

They have them on desktops too, even some monitors have obtrusive logos. One of the things that Apple got right with their computer products.

Re:Not on Mac? Really?

[Anonymous Coward]

If you buy a Mac for the hardware alone, you're doing it wrong.

Nobody likes it but...

[grumpyman]

... it's probably calculated into their cost / profit-margin.

Stickers

[0racle]

My MacBook had nothing of the like. It just didn't.

Re:nice....

[swanzilla]

but what about the other dozen stickers on the laptop?

I think you may have purchased a Nascar.

That's why

[phantomfive]

That's why I buy Apple, I hate branding so much that I am happy to report it came out of the package without stickers marking my allegiance to one company or another. It also comes with this cool light on the back in a funny shape that's not really useful, but I'm sure I'll figure it out its purpose someday. It's really cool, you guys should try it.

Stickers

[CFBMoo1]

Right now my bamboo plant on my file cabinet is running an Intel Core i5 and Windows 7 based on the stickers.

Re:That's why

[Atriqus]

I buy Apple

...

I hate branding

*Head Explodes*

Re:Goo Gone or limonene

[ThatMegathronDude]

The only downside for pure citrus orange oil is that your laptop may smell like oranges for days.

That's a downside?

Re:Not just laptops..

[John Hasler]

Those Apple logos are no more advertising than are the "Jesus loves you" bumper stickers on the car of a born-again Christian. If you own an Apple product how could you possibly not want to tell the world about it? Think of the souls you might save!

Re:Goo Gone or limonene

[hedwards]

It makes a certain black man get confused and think that there's a kid in trouble.

Re:I like stickers

[Hatta]

I peel them off and put them on other things. My Atari 2600 has Intel inside.

Way to be bold, AMD!

[Infonaut]

Easy off stickers next year, and maybe, some time in the future, no stickers at all! And people say big corporations can't be nimble.

Not just laptops

[AntEater]

"It's like buying a new, luxury car — and discovering that it comes with non-removable bumper stickers"

Funny, that's pretty much the same reason why I'll never consider getting a tattoo either.

Re:Not just laptops

[Anonymous Coward]

... or date a girl with one.

Business laptops

[mehrotra.akash]

Perhaps you could look at business laptops, generally they only come with 1 or 2 stickers

1 for the Chipset/Processor
other for the OS(If it was included)

and, removing the stickers on thinkpads is extremely easy, run Prime 95 + Furmark for 15-20 minutes, use TPFC to disable the fan. Soon the sticker area heats up enough that you can just peel it off with minimal residue..

And, its unlikely that a short burst of high temp's will damage the processor in any way

"Designed for Microsoft Windows XP"

[DrJimbo]

My kitchen garbage has been adorned with this sticker for over a decade.

Re:Goo Gone or limonene

[N0Man74]

I prefer to use C4. I prefer the smell of almonds to oranges.

Re:I like the stickers

[Haffner]

left turn! left turn! left turn!

Re:Not on Mac? Really?

[DeadboltX]

You may not be able to remove it with WD40 but you can sure cover it up with a WD40 sticker

Re:WD40

[Slightly Askew]

Really? I read it 14 times, each time with a different voice, gradually getting faster and faster.

Re:Goo Gone or limonene

[elrous0]

It smells like victory.

Re:WD40

[somersault]

Damn.. not only does it make for great breakfast every morning, but it can help clean my gadgets too? This makes me wonder if you can legally marry peanut butter.

Re:WD40

[mark72005]

Nota Bene: You should not make a great breakfast with it after cleaning gadgets.

Re:Two words: rubbing alcohol

[frosty_tsm]

It's so much easier to say "Kids, don't try this at home."

Re:WD40

[Anonymous Coward]

make sure it's made from organic free-range babies.

Re:Two words: rubbing alcohol

[IICV]

Of course not! Try it in someone else's home, your shit is flammable.

Re:WD40

[somersault]

What about after "marrying" it?

Re:WD40

[onionman]

Blow dryer is the best. Melts the glue and no residue.

I was working in the lab once and need to remove some stickers. A colleague made your suggestion about a hair dryer. We didn't have a hair dryer, but we did have a heat gun (for shrink wrapping stuff). It turns out that a heat gun will melt your monitor about two seconds after it gets the stickers hot enough to slide off.

Re:"Designed for Microsoft Windows XP"

[Radish03]

I tried that with a Vista sticker on my toaster. The day after putting the sticker on, the toaster died.

I suspect the toaster took it as a threat and just offed itself, lest it suffer a worse fate.

Re:I like stickers

[Fumus]

When the "Designed for Windows" sticker came off by itself after two years of using my ThinkPad, I put that sticker on my wall, next to the window.

Re:Goo Gone or limonene

[Anonymous Coward]

What about his left C4?

Re:Goo Gone or limonene

[McNally]

thus something invented by us is more likely to cause serious trouble for our metabolism than something that bees or trees invented millions of years ago.

I've got some foxglove growing out in my yard if you want to test that theory.. And if you survive that, there's a local amanita variant I can probably find without too much trouble if I go looking for it.

Re:WD40

[blair1q]

Nose oil.

No, seriously.

Peel off as much of the sticker as you can, preferably until there's just a schmutz of glue left, then rub your finger on the side of your nose and use that to loosen the rest of the glue. After a little rubbing, you can wipe it all away with a cloth or towel.

It's free, all-natural, always handy, and something you want to get rid of anyway.

Re:Two words: rubbing alcohol

[gvaness]

Cause their shit is inflammable?

I use them creatively

[SharpFang]

I peel them off carefully then stick creatively.

My waste bin is designed for Windows XP.
I have a Gigabyte brand microwave oven.
My TI-82 calculator sports an Intel Dual Core CPU.
The flush tank has Intel Inside.
My kitchen clock can be overclocked jumper-free.
And I have a NVidia VHS video player.

Re:Goo Gone or limonene

[totally bogus dude]

These days most of the babies used to make baby oil are kept in cages and fed a genetically-engineered diet which is designed to greatly boost the production of the fats which most of the oil is squeezed from. So it's not really "natural" anymore; as they saying goes: garbage in, garbage out.

If you can, try to find baby oil which is squeezed from organic free range babies. It has a much higher quality due to the more varied diets and additional nutrients they get from natural foraging behaviour; however it's a fair bit more expensive and many stores don't carry it at all. I think the average free range baby yields about 3 litres of baby oil when squeezed; you get around 10L from a battery-farm baby.

Re:Two words: rubbing alcohol

[RMH101]

if my shit is flammable then I've got bigger problems