Laptop Locks

lcjjdnh · 08-04-2009, 10:48 PM

Can anyone recommend any good laptop locks? Thanks.

TheOhioStateUniversity · 08-04-2009, 10:52 PM

Kensington

sterlingice · 08-04-2009, 10:53 PM

Does anyone really use a laptop lock?

SI

JonInMiddleGA · 08-04-2009, 11:13 PM

Is that like a bicycle lock, so you can chain your laptop to a tree?

In all seriousness, I'm kind of like SI on this, I haven't seen one used in years (since the earliest laptops were rolled out) & didn't realize anyone still actually had them (or even made them for that matter).

sterlingice · 08-04-2009, 11:31 PM

To expand, it was a serious question- it wasn't meant to be in a mocking tone.

I had one provided by work but after a week of playing with it, I never used it again. Where am I going to lock it up? At work- where I'm behind a badged door with cameras everywhere and where there are a lot more valuable things to steal than my laptop? At home- where someone breaking in will have the tools to deal with it? In my car- would I really lock it down to something, advertising that I have a laptop out in the open? Anywhere else I use it- airport, library, etc- I'm going to have my hands on it at all times. I was never going to take the minute or two and, more importantly, the carrying space to always have the chain/lock, and lock it down anytime I'm somewhere with my laptop for more than a minute.

Now, there might be a situation where it could be useful but I just never ran into it myself.

SI

Bobble · 08-05-2009, 10:30 AM

How's this?

sterlingice · 08-05-2009, 10:42 AM

"Call a locksmith!"

SI

08-04-2009, 10:52 PM	#2
TheOhioStateUniversity High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Columbus, GA via Columbus, OH	Kensington __________________ Buckeyes Football/Basketball >>>> Your Favorite School

08-04-2009, 10:53 PM	#3
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Does anyone really use a laptop lock? SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

08-04-2009, 11:13 PM	#4
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Is that like a bicycle lock, so you can chain your laptop to a tree? In all seriousness, I'm kind of like SI on this, I haven't seen one used in years (since the earliest laptops were rolled out) & didn't realize anyone still actually had them (or even made them for that matter). __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

08-04-2009, 11:31 PM	#5
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	To expand, it was a serious question- it wasn't meant to be in a mocking tone. I had one provided by work but after a week of playing with it, I never used it again. Where am I going to lock it up? At work- where I'm behind a badged door with cameras everywhere and where there are a lot more valuable things to steal than my laptop? At home- where someone breaking in will have the tools to deal with it? In my car- would I really lock it down to something, advertising that I have a laptop out in the open? Anywhere else I use it- airport, library, etc- I'm going to have my hands on it at all times. I was never going to take the minute or two and, more importantly, the carrying space to always have the chain/lock, and lock it down anytime I'm somewhere with my laptop for more than a minute. Now, there might be a situation where it could be useful but I just never ran into it myself. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

08-05-2009, 10:30 AM	#6
Bobble College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: High and outside	Gotcha covered How's this?

08-05-2009, 10:42 AM	#7
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	"Call a locksmith!" SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

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