Submission + - AMD Hates Laptop Stickers as Much as You Do (nytimes.com)
pickens writes: David Pogue writes in the NY Times that when you buy a new Windows PC, it comes festooned with stickers on the palm rests: one for Windows, one for Skype, one for Intel, one for the laptop company, maybe an Energy Star sticker and so on. "It's like buying a new, luxury car — and discovering that it comes with non-removable bumper stickers that promote the motor oil, the floor mat maker, the windshield-fluid company and the pine tree air freshener you have no intention of ever using," writes Pogue. But the worst thing is that when you peel them off, they shred, leaving adhesive crud behind. "When you've just spent big bucks on a laptop, should you really be obligated to spend the first 20 minutes trying to dissolve away the sticker goop with WD40?" But AMD has a solution. Starting next year, AMD will switch to new stickers that peel off easily, leaving no residue; after that, it's considering eliminating the sticker program altogether. "Let's applaud AMD for taking the lead in trying to change this pointless, tacky practice. And let's boo Microsoft, Intel, Skype and the computer makers for marching on to the same old profit-driven beat — at your expense."
