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Same reason Sony, HP and other vendors load their computers up with bloatware, sure it makes a new PC run like a dog, but that's ok if they can make some more money off you.
No one would see it on the bottom of the computer and the whole point is to promote the brand. Intel provides a lot of marketing support to OEMs who play ball.
Well, everybody and their grandmother has heard of Windows, and chances are they are going to assume that is the OS that is coming with the computer. I understand that MS has these stickers to help ensure costumers that they are receiving a genuine copy of Windows, but Windows does not need to advertise. MS has the OS market so completely saturated that any competitor (Mac, Linux) are seriously so far away from being a threat that it seems redundant.
As for Intel, let's be honest, the typical Joe (or Jane) more than likely has no idea what the difference is between processors, let alone brand, and those that do, do not need a sticker to advertise this. It is like having the name of the brand of spark plugs in your car on the side of your Toyota. Unless you are a race car driver, it is rather pointless.
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The fact that you saw the stickers and read the name Intel or Microsoft, etc... is the purpose, you read their name and it's in your head now.
I am already well aware of Intel, AMD, MSI, MS, etc., etc. That fact that I see these stickers only means that I am going to remove them two seconds after I receive my new purchase.
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I can find much more trivial things to obcess about than these stickers, but I don't worry about those either.
I do dislike all the bloatware/trialware vendors install, and that is why the first thing I do when I get a preloaded PC is;
FORMAT C: /FS:NTSF /Q
It was just something that I was curious about. It seems silly to me.
I can find much more trivial things to obcess about than these stickers, but I don't worry about those either.
I do dislike all the bloatware/trialware vendors install, and that is why the first thing I do when I get a preloaded PC is;
FORMAT C: /FS:NTSF /Q
What sort of file system is NTSF? Is that something new? lulz
I hate how those stickers become faded and start peeling up after a while. I usually pull them up and clean the area with some Goo Gone on my company laptops.
Well, everybody and their grandmother has heard of Windows, and chances are they are going to assume that is the OS that is coming with the computer.
If you go to the store you could probably find computers with Vista and some with Windows 7 and some might be 64 bit or 32 bit. They are not all the same.
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As for Intel, let's be honest, the typical Joe (or Jane) more than likely has no idea what the difference is between processors, let alone brand, and those that do, do not need a sticker to advertise this. It is like having the name of the brand of spark plugs in your car on the side of your Toyota. Unless you are a race car driver, it is rather pointless.
You do not have the thought process of someone in marketing/sales. For each new sale, a person who buys the product for the first time doesn't know much except the advertising they are presented with, so when a kid gets their first computer the labels let them know what is being bought. If they saw the Intel commercial then they may be looking only for the Intel branded products. Whether the computer is a Dell or HP, etc... is largely pointless, it's the CPU and graphics and OS that make the computer.
Actually, it does make it easier when buying products, as it's quick to tell what is inside. A computer processor isn't the same as spark plugs, and that's a reason why people can quickly look. If the computer has an Intel Quad core, then I know it's probably able to take future faster Intel Quad CPU's. If it has a Celeron or AMD Sempron, then I know it probably can't be upgraded similarly.
This is something that I have wondered about for a long time....
....why do PC's have those little stickers on them that tell you what processor and sometimes version of Windows that is installed? They are more prominent on laptops, but on many towers as well. I don't get it. What purpose do they serve. What I also don't understand is why people keep them on.
Is this some sort of status symbol? "Hey, look at me, I have AMD processors!" Big whoop-dee-do!
If I ever buy a PC laptop, the first thing that I am going to do is peel these damn things off.
Honestly though, what is with the stickers?
marketing and advertising.
if those stickers weren't there, many people wouldn't know firms like Intel or AMD even existed.
seriously though, what's the trade off? I see no downside to stickers.
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