<p>How necessary are laptop locks? I have heard that people can just break into them anyway with a hairpin and some time...so I don't know if I should get one.</p>
<p>Well, they will deter the casual theif. Basically, there's little you can do conveniently which will stop someone who <em>really</em> wants to get your computer. I'm bringing one because they're not that expensive and make it more difficult for it to fall into someone's bag.</p>
<p>Don't the fingerprint readers work nice? I have not bought a laptop, yet. So for security, should I buy one with it?</p>
<p>Yeah I agree - a lot of people may not want to bother with having to pick locks no matter hpow easy it may be - it just takes too much effort. </p>
<p>Protection by deterrance really.</p>
<p>Well, I think they're a good investment. If you're really concerned about people taking it (of which I have heard few occurrances), you can always lock it to a chair in a more public, open area of the library where people will see the thief.</p>
<p>Yea but do I really want to carry that around...hmm</p>
<p>They're not that big. It's just a cable loop.</p>