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Do you put stickers on your mbp?

I put a case on mine, THEN slapped on the stickers.

When I traded my MBP into Apple this year, it just meant popping the case off, and it looked good as new.

I've done the same with my iPad Pros as well. I enjoy the compromise if I plan to trade in later.
 
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For my computers that I use at home, not much. I usually put an old rainbow Apple sticker over the logo, but that's about it.

For the machines that I use at school in my classroom, I sticker them up. It makes them a little more distinctive and makes the classroom a bit more fun :)

I tend to keep my computers throughout their productive lifespans. I don't usually trade them in for the next model or sell them on to get a new one; in fact, besides the M1 Air, the newest Mac that I own and use regularly is from 2014. Heck, I just replaced a 2008 MacBook Pro for school. Given that I'm not super concerned about resale, I don't mind stickering 'em up.

Here's my main laptop that I tote between home and school, an M1 Air.
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And my backup laptop, the one the M1 replaced, a 15" 2008 MBP.
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And finally my iMac on my desk in my classroom.
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I've never been one to put stickers on my computers, but I'd say it's a time honored tradition at least as old as the metal bodied Apple laptops themselves.

Just please don't do this to your computer! Actually if you want to, more power to you, but don't be surprised if it gets cursed and nearly thrown out by more than one collector

I bought this from a friend who had worked at it for a while, and you can see his attempts on the left and the top right. The entire thing looked like the lower right

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As a chemist, I have access to...well...a lot of solvents, and especially at that particular point in my career. Some experimenting led me to petroleum ether, and and a few days on and off later I had this



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Not without a lot of this to show for it
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Among my circle of collector friends, this computer, both before and after my possession, gained some notoriety as the "GlitterBook". It now leads a happy and peaceful OS 9 life...
 
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bunnspecial said:
I've never been one to put stickers on my computers, but I'd say it's a time honored tradition at least as old as the metal bodied Apple laptops themselves.

Just please don't do this to your computer! Actually if you want to, more power to you, but don't be surprised if it gets cursed and nearly thrown out by more than one collector

I bought this from a friend who had worked at it for a while, and you can see his attempts on the left and the top right. The entire thing looked like the lower right

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As a chemist, I have access to...well...a lot of solvents, and especially at that particular point in my career. Some experimenting led me to petroleum ether, and and a few days on and off later I had this



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Not without a lot of this to show for it
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Among my circle of collector friends, this computer, both before and after my possession, gained some notoriety as the "GlitterBook". It now leads a happy and peaceful OS 9 life...
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You reckon this is the so called "Pismo" MacBook - I had one just like it. Perhaps its codename was "Lombard" - I forget. It was my first MacBook purchase-second hand. Funny that I should ever see such a MacBook again.

Also, good job on getting the glitter off it.
 
MultiFinder17 said:
For my computers that I use at home, not much. I usually put an old rainbow Apple sticker over the logo, but that's about it.

For the machines that I use at school in my classroom, I sticker them up. It makes them a little more distinctive and makes the classroom a bit more fun :)

I tend to keep my computers throughout their productive lifespans. I don't usually trade them in for the next model or sell them on to get a new one; in fact, besides the M1 Air, the newest Mac that I own and use regularly is from 2014. Heck, I just replaced a 2008 MacBook Pro for school. Given that I'm not super concerned about resale, I don't mind stickering 'em up.

Here's my main laptop that I tote between home and school, an M1 Air.
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And my backup laptop, the one the M1 replaced, a 15" 2008 MBP.
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And finally my iMac on my desk in my classroom.
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Now that’s cool. Especially the Star Trek logos. :). Those are some lucky students.
 
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You reckon this is the so called "Pismo" MacBook - I had one just like it. Perhaps its codename was "Lombard" - I forget. It was my first MacBook purchase-second hand. Funny that I should ever see such a MacBook again.

Also, good job on getting the glitter off it.
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It's a Pismo PowerBook(not to be pedantic, but not a MacBook-those came along with Intel CPUs).

The Lombard and Pismo were both code names of computers in the PowerBook G3 series. The Lombard and Pismo are the same form factor and share batteries and other accessories-they're different from the Wallstreet/PDQ in that they are thinner. The Wallstreet/PDQ are full "old world ROM" Macs, with the requisite ADB, SCSI, and serial port peripherals. The Lombard falls into the weird hybrid old world/new world place of the tray load iMacs and the B&W PowerMac G3 with its own quirks. It lacks Firewire, but has USB and actually has a SCSI port. The Pismo is a full-blown New World Mac and has Firewire, USB, and also AGP-based graphics. The latter means that the Pismo can actually run Leopard if you fit a G4 upgrade, and I have a G4 upgraded Leopard.

This was a great generation of PowerBooks, and as far as I know Apple's last that could accept two batteries. I have some NOS batteries that work great, and I've actually been able to get a solid 8+ hours in OS 9 if I wasn't beating them up too hard.
 
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posguy99 said:
That's not a big deal. A piece of packing tape and a little effort and all that comes off.
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GooGone is not working at all. Let it soak for 5 mins, it's as if nothing touched it. I used the scraper that came with GooGone but all it does is take off the top layer of the goo, leaving a bottom layer that can be rubbed off with the fingers (2 sticker residues gone in about an hour so far).

Tried your suggestion of packing tape and ... it actually works. Just keep sticking it over and over and eventually it pulls it right off, with almost no effort.


At least it looks like I'll get back to normal after a few hours.
 
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It's a Pismo PowerBook(not to be pedantic, but not a MacBook-those came along with Intel CPUs).

The Lombard and Pismo were both code names of computers in the PowerBook G3 series. The Lombard and Pismo are the same form factor and share batteries and other accessories-they're different from the Wallstreet/PDQ in that they are thinner. The Wallstreet/PDQ are full "old world ROM" Macs, with the requisite ADB, SCSI, and serial port peripherals. The Lombard falls into the weird hybrid old world/new world place of the tray load iMacs and the B&W PowerMac G3 with its own quirks. It lacks Firewire, but has USB and actually has a SCSI port. The Pismo is a full-blown New World Mac and has Firewire, USB, and also AGP-based graphics. The latter means that the Pismo can actually run Leopard if you fit a G4 upgrade, and I have a G4 upgraded Leopard.

This was a great generation of PowerBooks, and as far as I know Apple's last that could accept two batteries. I have some NOS batteries that work great, and I've actually been able to get a solid 8+ hours in OS 9 if I wasn't beating them up too hard.
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It's fine that you correct me. I completely forgot that naming scheme even despite having owned one. I'm not technical minded as such, but I appreciate all the information you wrote.

Only things I really remember from using it was buying Mac OS X Panther for my PowerBook. ShapeShifter for theming on Mac OS X 10.2.8. I was excited about a theme called Flagship at the time.
It's clear to me still to this day.

I practically gave it all away to a friend for nothing. I would have loved having it with me still.
 
Since my husband and I often have laptops that look identical, I have put a classic Apple rainbow sticker on my past few MacBook Pros so we don't mix them up.
 
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