Mac Book Pro & travelling

Hi
Could anyone advice me how it is best to protect my Mac Book Pro while travelling?
I need software which does not allow people to get to my computer/operating system if stolen. Any good software for this? Also locks, other security - do you have any advice on this?
What about altitude - does Mac Book Pro handle altitude at all? Also - I will be going to cold and remote areas, any idea how to protect my laptop then? Thanks for all info my friends!

Be aware that no matter what you do, if the machine is stolen, they can get at any unencrypted data by simply reinstalling the OS or removing the hard disk and putting it in an external case.
If you have truly truly sensitive data you don't want people to get at, use Disk Utility (/Applications/Utilities) to create a "Disk Image" This is basically a file that when open, mounts a new volume on your desktop. You have likely used Disk Images when receiving software off the internet. They have an extension of .DMG.
Once in Disk Utility, Click the "+ New Image" icon in the toolbar. A Save sheet will open. At the top, name your disk image, like "Super Secret Drive" into any folder you want, like your Documents folder. This file will be named "Super Secret Drive.dmg" Now, lower in the sheet dialog, you need to name the volume (ie drive) that will appear when you open the disk image. This can be the same, "Super Secret Drive" for example, or something simpler. For now we'll name it differently to avoid confusion, such as "Data"
For the volume size, choose some size that you think will be able to hold your data, such as 100mb. Since I used this technique ONLY for very sensitive data (text files of friend's home security passwords, Quicken Files, etc) I don't usually make this very big.
Now in the encryption section, choose 256bit AES.
Click Create, enter a password, and if you are truly concerned, don't even save the password in your keychain, but this is really not necessary. A new disk image file will be saved in Documents and the the disk "Data" will mount and show on your desktop under Macintosh HD.
Now you can just save your secret data to the Data volume. When you are done with it, eject "Data" like you would a CD-ROM. The next time you need to use your data, open the "Super Secret Disk.dmg" file to mount "Data"
You can even drag "Super Secret Disk.dmg" into your Login Items in the Accounts preferences so it mounts whenever you log in.
Why all of this work? Because if your machine is stolen (and you are not logged in and using it at the time), then even if they rip the disk out and look at it externally, all they will see is a file named "Super Secret Data" but everything on that disk will be encrypted. Without your password, there will be little they can do to get at it.
This is basically what the "File Vault" security option does, but instead of doing it for your entire home directory, it just protects the files you choose to save onto the Data volume.
You can't easily change the size of "Data" later, so pick a size that will hold all of your data for the forseeable future, and really only put data there that you don't want people to ever see. Mail.app can't save it's mail there, for example, but for other stuff, spreadsheets, word documents that are sensitive, etc, it is a fine approach.
Also make sure you back up regularly, and if you ever get disk corruption on a disk image, Alsoft's DiskWarrior is a fine tool at fixing them.

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Hi there,
I'm new here and first of all I'd like to appologize from my lack of technical language, since my only interesst in computers is that they don't give me problems so I can keep not knowing too much about them.
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Hi,
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Good night,
First of all, I am sorry if this post should not be here (this is the first time that I used the forums)
This summer, I am traveling to New York, and I would like to buy a Mac Book Pro, and I want western spanish keyboard. I can not stay there for a long time, and I would like to know if in the Fifth Avenue store there is usually stock of Mac Book's Pro with this keyboard. If there is not stock, I would like to know if I could order it by apple online store and ask them to send it to my hotel.
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