http://www.appleinsider.com/article...clears_road_for_theft_proof_iphones_macs.html
Apparently Apple is using the accelerometers currently found in Macbooks to identify when a product is being stolen and will set off some sort of alarm.
Hopefully there'll be a software update, or the software will come packaged with Leopard(maybe it'll be part of the 10.4.10 update).
I had a thought though. Most of the time when your stuff is being stolen, you're not there, or are incapacitated. What good is an alarm going to be when somebody is stealing your laptop from your home while you're at the grocery store?
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Ya I don't see this helping much. Maybe, but think about car alarms, no one does anything when they hear them, this will be the same. All it is is a marketing ploy by Apple. They can say we made your laptop harder to steal and people will pay for that.
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I personally have a Targus DefCon1 and it rocks. It has a motion sensor so if it gets moved a 95db high pitched alarm goes off.
Laptops these days should have some type of motion sensor alarm that can be toggled on/off. Nothing will stop from having ur laptop stolen. But deterrents may help. -
You guys haven't heard of iAlertU?
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Yeah, not news. This has been around since the intel macs were released.
Theres all kinds of toys for the macs that have accelerometers.
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Sneaky_Chopsticks Notebook Deity
Well, just don't leave anything around in public.
I even tested this out once since I was bored. I placed a $2 watch that looked like a real rolex, so I pretended to go to the bathroom, and I looked around, and saw some guy take the watch. After that,I ran up to him and beat him until he gave back my $2 watch. XD
For the record, I didn't even get into trouble! ^_^
ahhh, good times, good times.
New anti-theft for mac/iPod/iPhone
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by system_159, May 17, 2007.