<p>doesn't seem to be as long as your careful with your things. i've definitely heard stories about people getting their laptops stolen (only one or two), but if you lock your room when you should and dont leave your laptop out in the open, i dont think it will happen. you can buy a lock if you want though. i dont beleive they're terribly expensive.</p>
<p>Acer laptops are fine, by the way. as far as technical support goes, i'm not too sure, but i know acer is one of the few lines that carries AMD chips in their notebooks, and that the acer ferrari line is pretty nice. the dell that i got was in my month or so searching the best deal i've seen from any brand.</p>