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I'm not a fan of having my laptop maker's logo plastered on the exterior of my laptop but it is unavoidable these days. The System76 logo on this laptop is an especially egregious example of this. It alone would prevent me from considering purchasing one. I'll be looking elsewhere next year when I am due to upgrade which is unfortunate because I am a fan of Pop!_OS and would otherwise have considered System76.

Edit: A comment says the logo on the System76 laptop is an easy to remove sticker so this might be a non-issue.

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That's a fair stance but also worth mentioning that System76's logo on the Lemur laptop is a sticker and very easy to remove. I removed mine the first day I used it.

Thanks, good to know. That puts it back on the potential list.

You should ask them before buying. My galago and earlier laptops were painted on. They may be able to get you one that's not, so another good reason to ask.

Put a black sticker over it and call it a day?

I question the judgement of the designers when I see such a large logo. Makes me hesitant about the overall quality. It looks cheap.

I consider it is a matter of taste. The large logo could also be a requirement from the marketing department.

In this view, it should therefore not be a hint about the overall quality.

There are a bunch of sellers of laptop skins who will solve your problem for about 30 bucks. At least one (skinit) will let you give them an image to put on the back of your laptop.

I don't like skins or stickers on my laptop. Comment below says the logo is an easy to remove sticker in the System76 case so it looks like it maybe a non-issue.

Just had a brain fart... remember in the 90s/2000s. trucks and cars would have stickers that read

"This truck is tracked and protected by satellite" and have their numberplate painted on the roof.

Would be 'somewat funny' if you get stickers like that for laptops

'This laptop is protected by satellite and rdfi' and have some random macaddrrss as part of sticker.

This would be perfect to hide your ugly laptop logo :)

ok who is buying and how many stickers you all want ??

Xiaomi laptops don't have any logo on the exterior, just clear slate. Looks very slick

The apple for poor ppl ! I love my xiaomi phone and their laptop looks amazing (maybe cause they look like macs)

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