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Remove metallic Windows sticker

11850 points posted to Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Laptops by bastos 02/21/07

The unremovable metallic "Vista capable" or "Designed for XP" sticker serves no purpose as soon as the laptop is in use by the end-user. Dell should design its notebooks to be sleek, stylish and simple -- and a permanent stickers is the exact opposite. This is (in part) why Apple sells the most stylish laptops, and why the one you buy is never as nice as the one you see in the promotional-pictures (no stickers!)

Replace the metallic sticker with an easily removable one !!! Dell should be large enough to stand up to Microsoft (who no doubt enforces the metal stickers).

tikitorch
02/21/07		 Removed mine.. Was not easy and there is still a slight 'shadow' effect from where the were. A friend got a Toshiba and I could barely tell there was a computer there under all the stickers telling me what was under the hood. Laptops are like cars from a few years ago - DOHC! Turbo! ABS! AWD! ESP! SEAT BELTS! STEERING WHEEL!
florbinant
02/22/07		 This is the first thing I do when I buy a new computer : removing theses ugli and useless stickers !
impala
02/23/07		 I think the vendors get a kickback for each one of those, possibly making the system cheaper. Anyway, I removed mine. Not too hard to do.
swa
02/24/07		 Remove it and instead of dropping it in the trashcan, paste it *ON* the trashcan, that's where it belongs.
stevied
02/28/07		 Or better yet, let your 5 year old son decorate your computer with his favorite selection of Barney Stickers.
amonymous
03/04/07		 Thats a really really good idea.
I may try removing it - but it looks really stuck! And i hate it when I can't remove the stickers clean in one shot.
imidj
03/07/07		 I would really love to have a PC with a really sleek design... which of course can't be achieved with these ugly stickers. If possible, don't just make the stickers removable : don't even put them !
unoengborg
03/08/07		 Just remove it, there must be a cost associated with adding them and nobody is prepared to pay for having your computer look ugly
jmxz
03/15/07		 Even worse than the sticker itself is the implication that the machine with the "Designed for Microsoft" sticker may indeed have been designed for Microsoft.

I'd be pretty wary of running Oracle, for example, on such a machine considering that Microsoft has a vested interest in seeing Oracle fail.

http://www.dellideastorm.com/article/show/65074/Stop_designing_For_Microsoft_...<
jamesots
03/23/07		 I managed to remove the stickers from my laptop. They didn't leave a mark, but I guess that if you leave them on for a few months and then remove them there may be a mark left.

The stickers now adorn my bin!
reg
03/23/07

Decorative Case Badges to Replace the Windows Badge ripped off with extreme disdain.

sjqchill
04/16/07		 I removed mine with no problem. Try harder people.
jmxz
04/17/07		 @impala "I think the vendors get a kickback for each one of those, possibly making the system cheaper"

Then why are HP systems $1 cheaper without the sticker.
http://www.ideastorm.com/article/show/65965
superdog87
04/19/07		 Yeah.. I would say remove the sticker! What purpose does it serve?...
premcv
04/19/07		 Good link, reg! Decorative case badges! :) I would've liked a badge which shows the 3 finger salute. ;) You know what I mean, right?
reg
04/19/07		 I'm torn between the Penguin Case Badge, and the PANIC! button, though I would rather have a Don't Panic! Douglas Adams button...
premcv
04/20/07		 Hurrah for the 3 Finger Salute! . | .
kenoscope
04/22/07		 Removed my XP READY sticker with Go Gone and replaced it with an old TR80 emblem that says 48K. Gotta have fun with your own property. I've a nice ATARI 400 emblem waiting my next compter, then a TI 99/4A emblem.
trine-maria
05/05/07		 The computer is ugly already (please support the suggestions to make Dell design more beautiful laptops) - we don't need Windows and Intel stickers to make it worse - and probably people who bought the thing already know that Windows is inside? So what is it really - information for people who are stealing computers :-)

Only stickers that are ok, are the ones I put on it - Dell could throw a bunch of different stickers in the box and I will choose which ones will be on my laptop - if any!
transit60
05/05/07		 reg, I like the "DON'T PANIC" Douglas Adams idea.
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