permanent vinyl sticker on x60s?!

[lucas]

i'm getting a light blue vinyl sticker made to go on the lid of my laptop.



i will adjust the kerning a bit more, but otherwise that's the image.

it will have the following placement:



comments? how do you feel about putting a permanent sticker on your thinkpad?

[christopher_wolf]

If I was to put a sticker/decal on my Thinkpads, it would use a sticker type that isn't permanent and doesn't leave behind resiude if removed.


Although that does look good.

[naro]

i've something similar

[dsigma6]

naro- it looks like roger waters wrote that..

[dannyp]

larz I hope you don't mind. I posted the images on TR42 asking for suggestions and I got this reply:

Originally posted by thierry
he sounds like a perfectionist, maybe with an interest in technical things. also, his laptop (am ibm apparently) hasnt got many soft curves but a clear, technical design. i dont really see how this would fit, altough, the name is a womans name so from that perspective its ok.

delicious (a free font) could maybe fit (a little bit less obvious) or PMN caecilia (not a free font) which is a humanistic slab-serif with a lot of character, kinda feminine but not as strong as the typeface he chose, esp. in the stronger weights (55 upwards, the bold weight (75) is lovely).

in the end its his laptop and he likes it like that and wants it like that, who cares… but i'd chose a different typeface (and color) for it, maybe a color fitting one of the four colors of the IBM-thinkpad-mark (just white?).

another good reason to chose a font with less delicate curves than the one he chose is because in this size, plotters will maybe not be able to make such seemless curves all around. i found little bumps in some curves in a ~600pt example set in helvetica neue.

[naro]

naro- it looks like roger waters wrote that..

not too sure who wrote that, but i know thats its common on Mitsubishi cars...

i'm an Evo fan... hehe... thats why i put this vinyl on my Thinkpad.

[Talon88]

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This is Mine....!

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[gearguy]

How very dare you deface your poor thinkpad in this savage inhumane manner.

[Gustavo]

Often thought about putting an sticker on my Thinkpad , but havent
found one that fits and is worth putting on an beautiful machine as the Thinkpad is.

Simple is the name off the game...

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[ambientscape]

naro- it looks like roger waters wrote that..

not too sure who wrote that, but i know thats its common on Mitsubishi cars...

i'm an Evo fan... hehe... thats why i put this vinyl on my Thinkpad.

Another EVO fan here. However, in Malaysia there's lotsa EVO wannabe....where they turn their Wira to WIRALUTION. A monster junk that can smoke a Nissan Skyline.....

[dsigma6]

A monster junk that can smoke a Nissan Skyline.....

yet i'd rather own the skyline any day.

[snife]

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This is Mine....!
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Oh dear, that is horrific

[dsigma6]

if not for the stickers that you should remove when you buy it...it looks fine.

[christopher_wolf]

I am generally not a fan of most stickers on laptops (perhaps because 99% of the stickers on laptops I have seen were pretty badly done and in poor taste. I wouldn't, however, mind putting either a rad symobl or a biohazard symbol on my Thinkpad in an out of the way place that will show up if you look close enough (don't tell the EH&S people, they might actually *require* it knowing their penchant for crazy ideas)....

[mfratt]

Shameful, all of you. Stickers and thinkpads dont mix. You want to sticker up your laptop, go buy a dell or hp.

[christopher_wolf]

Shameful, all of you. Stickers and thinkpads dont mix. You want to sticker up your laptop, go buy a dell or hp.

You know, there was a time, sad I know, when HP actually put out advertisements that showed quite a few "kute" and "hep with it" stickers on their laptops. Apparently, one would have thought that HP had lost their minds; although I think that happened when they spun off the lab equipment division and the Reign of Carly.

I am pretty sure the heat from either the battery, the HDD, or both would have peeled and scorched all the stickers on most dells.

Now the Rad symbol and Biohazard? Done well they actually help safe guard the system...Tell me who is going to pinch a Thinkpad when they see warning signs like that on it. Truth be told, I might need them as I did work with Biohazards and Radiation sources next to my Thinkpad. That would make a lovely conversation piece, don't you think?

[lucas]

what's up with the dell bashing?

as for the biohazard stickers, seems a bit nerdy and cliche to me personally.

my sticker that i had planned is for style and customization (and branding?)

[christopher_wolf]

what's up with the dell bashing?

Generally, it isn't called bashing when they show every sign of deserving such a reputation and no signs of changing.

as for the biohazard stickers, seems a bit nerdy and cliche to me personally.

Possibly, but then again, it does have an actual use as I have used my Thinkpad (quite well as a matter of fact) in such environments; then again, that is a little informative sticker about what may be waiting on the surface of the Thinkpad and what we are talking about is a rather large sticker that is a name. In any case, they are still stickers...So it almost amounts to the same thing I guess, except for a difference of functionality in certain situations.

[lucas]

some dell laptops are pretty decent

and the fact is that your thinkpad isn't actually biohazardous itself

[christopher_wolf]

some dell laptops are pretty decent

A very small amount and/or really expensive, probably; but none of the 5 I have had or the 15 I have had, unfortuanately, had to try and fix. I can say that the best part about those was the fact that I currently have no need for a skin graft due to burns and/or explosions from them.

and the fact is that your thinkpad isn't actually biohazardous itself

Well, things can pick up contamination when you work in labs and deal with actual (some engineered) pathogen nasties on a daily/weekly basis. I am pretty sure at least a few microbes have hitched a ride on my T43 (but I wash it down with alcohol and disinfectant periodicallly). So a Biohazard symbol might indeed be a good idea.

[dsigma6]

chris, need me to take care of your light work?

[christopher_wolf]

chris, need me to take care of your light work?

LOL, nah I am fine...

I don't really think I have such a thing as "light work"

[Cheesemanx]

I have a Dell that is about as old as my IBM, and for kicks and grins I put a fire hazard sticker on it. I have the same problem that the original poster is having, don’t know what to put on. TP 770ED goes every where with me but has a nice home hooked into my truck.

Docking station wired into the sound system. The video output is being fed into the in dash Jensen head unit. The AC3 output is being fed to the Alpine surround processor. My speakers are JL Audio TR650-CSi speakers. The ext cab has the custom fit JL Audio box. The amps are of course JL Audio.

Can anyone think of a decal that can go on my laptop, and still fit the theme in the truck?

[dsigma6]

i guess you don't want your truck make a part of your thinkpad?

[Cheesemanx]

That was my first thought was strap Noma ( for GMC Sonoma) on the back but their are times the ED has the screen open and others when the screen is closed. May just have a small decal on the palm rest with another lerger one on the lid.

[Thinkpaddict]

I have a Dell that is about as old as my IBM, and for kicks and grins I put a fire hazard sticker on it.

As of late, I think that Dells come with a fire hazard sticker out of the box.

[Thinkpaddict]

comments? how do you feel about putting a permanent sticker on your thinkpad?

I'm sorry, but I think it is hideous. I would never put a sticker on any of my Thinkpads. Just my personal taste though, if you like it go for it. It might also be a nice theft deterrent.

[lucas]

don't worry. i already returned my x60s. it wasn't built well enough for me.

[mfratt]

don't worry. i already returned my x60s. it wasn't built well enough for me.

Is this sarcasm? What do you want? A Toughbook?

[gearguy]

No he wants a military issue toughbook.

Those things are like a small suitcase with a screen and keyboard inside.