<p>Would anyone here recommend that I mark everything I have with an engraver to reclaim it if it's stolen or do you think writing serial numbers down is enough? They could rip the serial number sticker off, I guess. I don't want to mar up all my electronics since it will be harder to sell them later if needed. I already have a trunk with alarm for all this stuff to go into.</p>
<p>For a laptop, you should invest in lo jack software.</p>
<p>Theft isn't a big problem if you do a couple of common sense things-</p>
<p>If you go to the bathroom in the library or something have someone watch your laptop.</p>
<p>Close your door when you leave the room.</p>
<p>I bought a lock for my laptop. Hope that's enough.</p>
<p>Put your drivers license number on things maybe?</p>
<p>I have a combo lock for my laptop. Do the tables in the library have cable holes or are at least somewhat heavy to just put the cable around a leg? So if I walk down an aisle to grab a book, in the time I get back, they can't get the cable under and around the leg to steal it. Do you think other students would give a crap if they saw someone trying to get the cable from around the table or breaking off the plastic that holds the lock in place? Or do I have to be so protective as to carry it at all times and not let it out of my sights at all?</p>
<p>Seriously, for your laptop, but lo jack software, it's only 80 dollars for 3 years. If your laptop is stolen the company tracks your computer and arrests the person who stole it.</p>
<p>for macbook variations, [url=<a href="http://orbicule.com/undercover/%5DUndercover%5B/url">http://orbicule.com/undercover/]Undercover[/url</a>] is a better alternative to Lojack.</p>
<p>Ok, jhum111, I'm pretty much sold on the idea of LoJack. I hope my laptop has the built-in computrace bios. Apparently if they format the hard drive, LoJack still resides on it. If the swap out hard drives, certain bios's will still contain it. What happens if I don't have a connection when it calls out? Will it keep trying? And does it affect performance? It sounds like once I install it, its ON there for good in some form or another. It's kinda cool that LoJack can wipe my hard drive with my authorization. I wonder what would happen if someone were to install Lojack and register it on a stolen laptop and then return the laptop without the owner knowing it was gone...then call it in stolen.</p>
<p>it sounds like you found a career....lol</p>
<p>The website for Undercover is such an Apple ripoff. But it seems cool. </p>
<p>Lo jack arrests people for you though? That's cool..</p>
<p>The Apple undercover sounds awesome if you have an apple...lo jack works in tandem with the police and can press charges if you'd like.</p>
<p>I'm loving the LoJack idea.</p>
<p>"Do you think other students would give a crap if they saw someone trying to get the cable from around the table or breaking off the plastic that holds the lock in place?"</p>
<p>Heh, I've asked random people sitting next to me whom I didn't know to watch my stuff plently of times.</p>
<p>Do the tables in dorm rooms have a hole to loop the laptop lock through?</p>