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Laptops with Stickers

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601 points z303 | 3 comments | 02 Nov 25 11:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.331s | source
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grafelic ◴[12 Nov 25 10:27 UTC] No.45898512[source]▶
My laptop hasn't had stickers since a CTO asked why mine didn't have any stickers like the ones on the laptops of his cool cloud team. Personally I've found laptop stickers bad taste since then.
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1. mrweasel ◴[12 Nov 25 15:52 UTC] No.45901654[source]▶
Our CTO: If you add stickers to your laptop you need to keep it for four years, rather than two.

We sell back our laptop to the company we get them from, they refurb them and give us a nice discount on the new model. Most vinyl stickers leave a mark on MacBooks that can't come off, hurting the resell value a lot. Some have protecting covers on their laptop and the stickers go on that instead.

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2. jijijijij ◴[12 Nov 25 17:40 UTC] No.45903113[source]▶
> Most vinyl stickers leave a mark on MacBooks that can't come off

Doesn't sound like a problem acetone/isoprop can't solve, especially on anodized aluminium.

3. Caddickbrown ◴[12 Nov 25 17:43 UTC] No.45903159[source]▶
Jeeze man… you get a new laptop after two years? I’ve had mine 5 and they ain’t looking to replace it any time soon…