I never lock up my laptop at the office. I'll hide it when everyone's in a meeting since it'd be easy for someone to walk in and grab it but other than that I don't bother.
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Securing the MBA (no Kensington lock)
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Hah, you people must be really working in a crappy environment...
Especially with extremely crappy colleagues...
Especially with extremely crappy colleagues...
maybe college lab.
Truth is you can't really be sure who goes in/out where your cubicle is (if you don't have an office, or have a common workspace), not all companies have high security where everything gets searched going in/out.
Sure, and the people you work with on a daily basis, most likely they also sit close to your desk and maybe some you even call "friend" would just sit around and ignore if some random person would show up and walk away with stuff from your desk while you're at the toilet to take a leak...
What's with this mass paranoia around here?
Whatever, everyone do as he pleases...
My father works at a very good company that operates around the world and his MBP was stolen off of his desk. He has customers, and suppliers and other people in and out of the office all day and security isn't going to question everyone walking around with a laptop. stuff happens, and begging prepared doesn't hurt.
Yes, because that's what a team and friends are about. We look out of each other's back. Also, around here a Mac is not really a luxury item... almost everyone has at least one.
Going to work each day with a quite serious fear ( almost like paranoia ) that you can be "robbed" anytime at office / at your desk is just sad in my opinion... Do you people also lock your food in a seif so that some random colleague doesn't steal it from you bag / desk and eat it before you do?
I don't think there is any need to discuss this more, I got your point, but all I can say is that the situation is "sad" and instead of living in fear, you ( and others ) should maybe take a good look at your work environment / job and life in general and see if you can come up with ways on improving the overall situation ( other than chaining everything you have to walls all the time / everywhere you go ).
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I was just looking into this, and I found this page on Kensington's website that describes a new security solution called the SafeDock for the MacBook Air (both 11-inch and 13-inch), which secures the MBA in a dock with a key so that it cannot be stolen.
The datasheet seems to imply that it won't start shipping until August 1.
Here are the product pages for the 13-inch version and the 11-inch version.
The datasheet seems to imply that it won't start shipping until August 1.
Here are the product pages for the 13-inch version and the 11-inch version.
I recently came across the following one which seems to have solved the problem the macBracket has: TechSafe Cable Lock System. The part that goes through is locked by the lock so it can't go anywhere.
I know it might have been mentioned before, but I feel like common sense will help you immensely in keeping you MBA.
That being said, I'd just make sure it is never left out in the open, etc.
That being said, I'd just make sure it is never left out in the open, etc.
Check this out from maclocks.com
http://www.maclocks.com/index.php/macbook-air-lock/macbookairlock-13.html
http://www.maclocks.com/index.php/macbook-air-lock/macbookairlock-13.html
That was me.
I asked current students if theft is a problem in the labs and they said it is not.
They said there's never been laptop theft to their knowledge. The buildings are secure and even the elevator requires card key access.
The students who are really paranoid might lock their laptops in a drawer or hide them under papers, but even that's rare.
You might also try this. It locks around your MacBook Air so that the only way to steal it would be to destroy the computer's I/O and logic board. Price might be a little hefty, but you could then attach a normal security lock cable.
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Woops - looks like it might not actually be released yet. Great in theory!
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Woops - looks like it might not actually be released yet. Great in theory!
I asked them before. They say that the locks are custom made by Apple and the locks aren't available to the general public.
I still prefer carrying it around, even if there are trustworthy people around me. It isn't so much that I don't trust them, but more because once you get used to leaving it behind, you do so automatically when you're around slightly less trustworthy people in a similar setting, and then it could grow legs.
Yes they are I order them for my work on a regular basis. Consists of a fixed alarm box (keypad or key operated) and 4-6 USB alarm cables plus a loud siren box. Works with all computers as we have airs, mbp's, iMacs etc etc
I'll grab the actual name of the company tonight!
Who said this? The people on the floor barely know anything about Apple hardware, much less about something that's not made by Apple.
The staff at the Apple Store in Hong Kong. but i have seen someone with a magnetic lock so I don't believe what they said.
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Can you please tell me the name of the company which produces locks like these? thank you very much.