Should I remove the stickers?

I've been reading some different posts on how to remove the stickers, but I'm wondering anybody's opinion, should I remove them? Does it affect warranty service if I ever need it serviced? They bug me but I'm not sure if I should get rid of them or not. I don't plan on ever reselling my T410 so that's no problem.

 

ancillary palmrest and energy star stickers... yes.

machine type and base stickers... no.

 

That's what I meant, the palmrest and energy star stickers.

Edit: I'm going to do a search, but I'm concerned with ruining the rubberized paint by removing the energy star sticker. Does anyone have any advice?

 

I'm a big fan of NOT removing any of the stickers.

Heck, my T61 is almost 3 years old, and I haven't even removed that yellow sticker on the left side that holds those little two buttons that pop out shut lol. (the one right next to the "Intel" sticker").
The plastic sticker is still covering the energy star sticker on the cover of the screen as well

 

Took off every single one of them.

 

I remove the stickers the very first thing when I receive a machine. It will not harm the machine nor void a warranty.

 

Taking out stickers was my 1st action when my x200 arrived.

Energy star sticker is the easiest one to take out, just DON'T USE anything sharp and you'll be fine. Those from palm-rest may require a bit of cleaning afterwards.

 

Well that was very painless. I just pulled very slowly, and all the adhesive but tiny little bits came off. I read in another thread that someone suggested using scotch tape afterwards to remove the adhesive, and it works great. It didn't pull up any of the rubberized paint either.

 

I use a hair dryer to remove stickers, just not too much heat.....

 

You are braver than I. I'd be afraid of ruining my poor thinkpad.

 

Its called goo be gone... no need for heat.

 

You can use an school eraser to get rid of the sticky residue, works like magic.

 

I tend to leave mine on as it tells a little history about the ThinkPad you're using. My T61 has the plain white Intel Centrino Duo badge along with "Designed For Windows XP" despite using Windows 7 now.

Of course some people like to have a clean look and rip them all out. For some stickers I just dab some Isopropyl Alcohol and it just dissolve the sticky residue away which works well.

 

school erasers esp the red ones have abrasives...
and some adhesives are worse than others..some will just smear.
goo be gone type removal chemical works best.

 

I cant be bothered with removing with them since I dont even notice them in everyday use.
And yeah, with years it will be interesting to see, what they had stuffed and advertised in TP's.

 

i don't think you should remove them, until Lenovo has provided you with a suitable replacement or fix up for your machine.

Also, how is the R400 problem resolution going along?

 

We had email exchange with JamesZ and on wednesday 27.oct. was last contact between us, I sent all info required during email exchange with JamesZ and he gave all info to customer team. Only thing I didnt have was case number, since I was refused service at local dealer (IBM), I was told that all relevant info from email exchange will be transferred to customer service to aid them in solution.
Ill wait till wednesday and then email him about how things are doing, no need to hurry.

 

I can tell you this... removing when new is a lot easier than when the laptop is a few years old.

When I last tried it on a 2 year old laptop, use had made the labels very worn and I think made the glue harden... I was left with a mess when they were peeled off as they broke up and the glue preferred the laptop to the label.

On all my laptops since then I remove them when the laptop is brand new and they come off easily. I think the laptop looks better without.

 

This this this this. Much better like this. (Except for the Win7 key and machine type on the bottom right )

I used fancy technology - my fingernails, just before I was planning to clip them. The remaining glue went of really easily with just very little moist on my fingers (I was careful not to scratch anything.)

 

I always take off all the stickers I can. Why? Simple: if I paid $1000 or more for a laptop why on earth would I want to pay more in the form of advertising?

 

I am finding it difficult to remove the Intel sticker that is on the palmrest! But if I could remove it without a hassle, I would do so. I think the palmrest of the ThinkPad looks best without any stickers save for the ThinkPad logo that is impressed on the right-hand side.

Yeah...I know I am weird!

 

I don't care so much about the advertising, but stickers usually don't hold up well over the long tem.

 

To me, laptop looks nicer without them. I find them distracting. Especially the Energy star sticker on top of the lid. Yuck. That one went down first.

 

I removed everything except the Centrino Sticker on my x200s by just pulling.

The energy sticker was not bothering that much, but I still prefer the cleaner look.

What was driving me crazy is the vista sticker, since it is ugly and I only have Ubuntu on my notebook. Are there any Ubuntu stickers?

I leave the Centrino sticker because I actually think that it looks good. The holographic yellow edge fits nicely to the back color.

 

OMG!!!

The stickers make the notebook look expensive (showing what is inside)<------more to this later! The stickers keep the palm rest looking new; I would be more compelled to buy a used computer if the stickers are on and in good condition. I have two notebooks that are at least 2 years old that have the stickers on them, and the stickers still look new! That tells me something about the user, as far as working in a clean environment or just being a clean person.

I was in a shop looking at a few computers. The lady behind the counter looked at my X200T and said this "That computer must be very old, they don't make computers anymore with that red button in the middle", are you freaking kidding me!? She then asked if I put the stickers on myself, to sell or make it seem like I have a new notebook. ????

At that point, I had to turn on the notebook to surprise her with windows 7 ultimate and the fact it was much quicker than her Toshiba entertainment notebook. I also had to show her what this machine was worth online, since she had no freaking clue about computers!

I forgot the last best part!

I crushed her when I put it in tablet mode! I told her to write her number down on my pad. She did, but I won't call her.

 

Hahaha, priceless

 

The only sticker I would put is the one I got with OCZ Vertex 2. "My SSD is faster than your HD." And add "despite you having i5 and me C2D CPU ".

 

I got some big stickers when I got my Ubuntu CD mailed from Canonical. That was with 8.10. Not sure nowadays, but the stickers were huge. About 10cm x 2.5cm. Not something you want on your palmrest.

Also, I attended some Intro to Linux class at Micro Center a while back and the guy gave out some free Ubuntu stickers, this time of a more reasonable size (about the same size as a Windows Vista sticker). I don't know where you can get them though, and they fell off easily.

As for sticker removal, to get rid of the residue, I find that Scotch tape works pretty well. Apply tape over the residue and peel the tape off. The residue should come off with it.

 

You gotta love scotch tape - from discovery of the graphene to removal of annoying Lenovo stickers... it does it all!

 

Indeed the 3M = IBM in the field of making innovative and highly useful products.

 

system76, Inc. - Ubuntu Linux - Community - Free Stickers

 

I like my stickers. It gives information about the machine.

Although, Lenovo gave me an Intel i3 sticker, when my machine has an i5.

 

Leave that sticker on. Nobody will want to steal it.

Seriously, we have a thread about stickers? Slow tech week apparently.

 

I took my stickers off. Waited a little too long though, and as someone else posted, it does get harder. I just used some duct tape to get the residue off, worked very well.

 

What's funny is, I wanted an i5 sticker. Unbelievably, Intel has a webpage where they can be e-mailed, and they will send a replacement sticker.

Processors &mdash; Acquire a sticker for the system case

 

LOL

I have "Core 2 inside" sticker and Vista sticker tho mine came with XP Pro downgrade and Windows 7 Professional COA .

 

all these talk are tempting me to... maybe tomorrow.

 

Indeed. This happened to my 3000 N100 around the 2 year mark. The Vista and Core stickers actually started sliding down and slanting in awkward positions until I finally decided to take em off, but they left marks. 2 years after I took them off and I can still see the rectangular imprints. Never again.

 

Yet another reason I take them off day one.

 

How did this thread make it to five pages?

 

Stickers are the new meme.

 

Because nobody has answers to the hard questions haha

 

i guess lot of people have personal experiences on this issues, and they have something that they want to contribute to the community regarding these experiences. Furthermore, i think this issue of removing or not removing the stickers touch lot of nerves within the thinkpad communities.

 

I use ArctiClean - works perfectly for any kind of sticker.. no scratches, no marks

Edit: oops, I had no idea I posted a referral link, sorry. But it was Thermal material remover, so hopefully you got an idea.

 

Not only do I remove all the stickers but I also use black hockey tape to cover all the logos. Thieves pay less attention to things that aren't shinny and easily identifiable.

 

Seems kinda overkill for me

 

Yes, yes it is

 

How did this thread come back from the dead?

Oh, and I removed the stickers on my "new" SL410 yesterday.

 

I'm lazy and didn't remove the stickers. However, all I have are the i7 sticker, Windows 7, and the Lenovo EE 2.0 sticker, which I don't mind (I would like to know what "makes" the EE 2.0 package, though )