You can fairly easily get skins that will customize your laptop. I’ve done that, in the past.
replySeems the thing most people are into, these says, is “bumper stickers” on their laptop lids. I suspect neutral colors work best for that.
I’ve found that I tend to replace my primary development machine every 3 years or so. Since retiring, I don’t travel much, so I got an M4Pro Mini. Works great, and I still have my M1Max MacBook Pro (my previous development machine), for when I want to hit the road.
I large part, the sticker trend is so that people can distinguish one gray rounded slab from another. It is the reaction, not the cause.
replyMaybe, but I always assumed that it was for the same reason that people put them on their cars.
replyThey are really signals to others.