I used to keep in my box. Then I got a macbook pro the wife, and then an imac for use as a file/media server. Now I keep all three remotes in a box with some other odds and ends. Never used one.
Yes, the magnetic strip is great and all on the imac, but I think it should have gone on the opposite side of the machine. I find it was rather stupid to put it on the same side, at nearly the same level as the ports in the back.
I like to connect things by feel sometimes - and I knock it off, and it falls behind the desk, then my laziness causes me more work... uhhhhgh!
i think they should change the design of the remote for the laptops and make it fit in that expansion bay, if you need its their, if not you can take it out and make your 'book 3 oz. less heavy. I think hp does this/has a slot for it to slide in