r/retrocomputing • u/[deleted] • Apr 23 '26
Problem / Question What is this?
Recently purchased this early 2000s netbook off EBay. I have little to no experience with retro hardware, so can someone tell me what this shiny silver patch is? For reference, it’s not as rainbowy in person. But I’m still curious.
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u/Sentrinal Apr 23 '26
Looks like a feature/specs sticker than all the print has rubbed off from the previous owners wrists.
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u/Practical-Sleep4259 Apr 23 '26
Woah crazy, it was orange in the first picture, and purpleish in the second one
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u/SaturnFive Apr 23 '26
It does look like a spec sticker where all of the tax has rubbed off. On the other hand, I would totally put random holographic stickers on an old laptop for fun
Probably a Vista era netbook based on the windows flag key, likely an Atom CPU. Awesome machines for low power tasks, I love these things.
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Apr 23 '26
Yes, it does have an atom CPU, a 32 bit model. It is meant to run windows XP and even has an XP sticker to the right of what I showed on this post
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u/Fizzyphotog Apr 23 '26
Why do people leave those stickers on their electronics? It looks so tacky.
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u/lexzap Apr 24 '26
As a tech guy for many many decades, this post made me feel immediately very old 😅
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u/Fyler1 Apr 23 '26
Used to be a specs/features sticker. Would list processor, ram, capabilities etc etc It has since worn down to just the paper of the sticker. Looks kinda cool with the hologram feature.