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AMD might stop putting tacky stickers on laptops

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On September 3, 2010, 6:55 AM

Hate it when companies crazy glue half a dozen stickers to your brand new $1,200 laptop? AMD understands. According to a NY Times report, the chipmaker likens it to buying a new luxury car that's plastered with permanent bumper stickers promoting the motor oil, floor mat, and air freshener companies. If you peel them off, the adhesive often leaves behind a residue that can be annoying because it's on the palm rest, meaning your hands touch whatever grime remains.

Although everyone hates them, stickers aren't going anywhere the NY Times said. As usual, it boils down to money. Tech giants like Intel and Microsoft pay big bucks for that billboard space, and most PC builders happily trade their customers' convenience for extra cash. That's not going to change -- at least not overnight.


However, AMD may eventually stop the sticker nonsense altogether, and in the meantime it's switching to new decals that peel off cleanly. Additionally, it will make them optional. If an OEM chooses not to use the processor company's stickers, AMD will provide the same amount of marketing cash, but it will be used in other ways.

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  1. September 6, 2010 11:21 PM
    superty12
    superty12 said:

    I like them

    I like them. I will be looking into building notebooks, per Timonius's post.

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  2. September 7, 2010 12:48 AM
    captaincranky
    captaincranky, TechSpot Addict, said:

    If only it were easy to build our own laptops. We could do whatever we want with the stickers that come with individual components.

    Why not just keep writing to parts suppliers and make them give you two sets, one for the desktop, and one for the laptop. Who's gonna know the parts aren't actually in there?

    Besides, with all those stickers on it, just think how fast your laptop will be.

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  3. September 7, 2010 10:13 AM
    Guest said:

    as mentioned above the stickers may look nice but the hand rest on a laptop is a bad place for them I removed the stickers from the palm rest of my laptop but I proudly affix any cpu/motherboard/graphics card stickers to a tower

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