How can I secure the MBA without a laptop security slot?
Hi folks,
I'm referring to physically securing the machine, rather than any form of digital security.
The Macbook Air lacks a security slot where one would normally employ one of those nice Kensington locks to chain the machine to, say, a desk.
Now considering how light and attractive these machines are, it seems far too easy for someone to just grab the thing and go.
I know many people reading it are going to suggest:
a. Take it with you (everywhere)
b. Hide it in a manilla envelope
But c'mon, those really aren't solutions.
My idea in buying a Macbook air is that I would, frankly, use it as a unix terminal, to visualize data, and to program.
I would shlep it from home to office where in the office I would plug it into an external monitor and peripherals, and at home I could resume my work right where I left off.
I don't want to have to unplug and replug in all my connections every time I have to take a wizz at the office.
Does anyone know of something like a lockbox that could hold my laptop with the box tethered to the desk with some sort of chain, ideally my previously bought Kensington chain?
I realize I would still have to unplug everything to place it in the box (unless this mythical box was actually just a cage... a jail, if you will, for my MBA), but this all still beats having to turn my MBA into a bathroom buddy.
Message was edited by: CmdrGuard
I'm referring to physically securing the machine, rather than any form of digital security.
The Macbook Air lacks a security slot where one would normally employ one of those nice Kensington locks to chain the machine to, say, a desk.
Now considering how light and attractive these machines are, it seems far too easy for someone to just grab the thing and go.
I know many people reading it are going to suggest:
a. Take it with you (everywhere)
b. Hide it in a manilla envelope
But c'mon, those really aren't solutions.
My idea in buying a Macbook air is that I would, frankly, use it as a unix terminal, to visualize data, and to program.
I would shlep it from home to office where in the office I would plug it into an external monitor and peripherals, and at home I could resume my work right where I left off.
I don't want to have to unplug and replug in all my connections every time I have to take a wizz at the office.
Does anyone know of something like a lockbox that could hold my laptop with the box tethered to the desk with some sort of chain, ideally my previously bought Kensington chain?
I realize I would still have to unplug everything to place it in the box (unless this mythical box was actually just a cage... a jail, if you will, for my MBA), but this all still beats having to turn my MBA into a bathroom buddy.
Message was edited by: CmdrGuard
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