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Laptop Anti-Theft Devices

Posted by michael on from the cheaper-than-hiring-guido-and-sal dept.

mathin writes: "The NYTimes has an interesting article about laptop theft 'alarms' and services to help track down your laptop if it's swiped." Laptops are a lot like bicycles: if you have a 50-pound laptop, it doesn't need a lock.

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  1. michael: by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 4, Funny

    50-pound computers are what we here in the industry call "desktops".

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  2. A couple of minutes by wiredog · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have this vision of a stripped laptop on cinderblocks.

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  3. The end of laptop theft as we know it! by dipfan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Excellent news ... as we know, audio alarms and tracking bugs have totally eliminated theft in the automobile industry, and I imagine these devices will do the same for laptops.

  4. Re:50 pounds? by matt_wilts · · Score: 4, Funny

    If your laptop is 50 pounds, it's not really a laptop, is it?!

    You don't know how big his lap is.

  5. Re:Mine was stolen by Mignon · · Score: 4, Funny
    I opened the case and found that my processor was stolen along with my two 64MB ram units. Someone had bothered to open it up, take the stuff, and close it again

    Was your laptop sitting in a bathtub full of ice with a note on the windshield telling you to call 911?

  6. Targus laptop bags and the opposite of stealth. by Nonesuch · · Score: 5, Funny
    My Targus bag looks more like a briefcase than a laptop case. Yeah, it does look "Professional" (or even pretentious), like a lawyer's case for briefs.

    I'm very very happy with Targus -- not just the quality, but also the support (broke the strap two years after getting the bag, they sent a new, improved strap, for free).

    The big drawback to Targus bags is that they are heavy. That is also their strength, as the bag takes a lot of abuse, saving the laptop inside from harm.

    Speaking of a good way to keep a laptop from being stolen is to not put it in a bag that screams, "There's a laptop in this bag!" , I have a pile of clean old Compaq laptop bags without the laptops...

    These bags scream "There is a Compaq Laptop in this bag!", though there isn't -- I give them to family members to use as briefcases, lunch bags, and even keep one in the back of my truck to hold my jumper cables.

    Nobody has stolen my jumper cables or my nieces schoolbooks... yet.

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