Use of Security locks? good monitors too?

Hi, Im going off to college in a few months and I wanted to get a lock 4 my PB, just curious as to which ones work/are good, etc. Ive looked at a few and all the lock mechanisms look different which is why Im asking. And also, any recomendations on good external monitors other than Apples? The Cinemas are a bit pricy 4 me.
Thanks!

It's amazing how little information is available about which locks fit PowerBooks. I took a gamble and bought one on eBay. I just installed it on my Titanium PowerBook, and it works like a charm. None of the tight fit or loose fit or difficulty extracting that I've read about with some locks. The security slot on the PowerBook is often called the "Kensington" slot, but it sure fits this lock, too. Solid lock, solid cable, well sheathed to protect the furniture. And it's a 4-digit combination lock, so I don't need to lug keys around or worry about losing them. The lock comes with 2 optionally usable spacers, and I found that using 1 of them makes for a good fit.
The one I bought is the PC Guardian Notebook Guardian ComboLock. PC Guardian has posted a downloadable user manual on its Web site. The product page is:
http://www.pcguardiananti-theft.com/NotebookSecurity/Notebook_Guardian_ComboLock2200.html
It looks to me as if the Targus Defcon CL offers similar functionality, but I don't know for sure that it fits the PowerBook as nicely as the PC Guardian does.
As for the Kensington ComboSaver recommended in the previous post, I have no experience with it either, but I have seen users complaining that it (1) has a skinny cable that is easy to cut and (2) has only 3 digits and is therefore easy to pick by guessing.
By the way, my PowerBook is a 15", in case that makes a difference.

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The top of the "t" goes in the slot but it can't rotate, in either direction. I've tried putting some (not a lot) pressure hoping the rubber bumper might depress a little so that the "t" could clear the case thickness, but to no avail. I've tried slightly tipping the barrel of the lock in case it wasn't "dead on" perpendicular, but no luck.
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Rich

I use them on some LaCie external HDs, they fit with a loose, rather insecure feeling,
and tried on my Intel iMac: feeling so tight, rotation occurs only thanks to the white iMac being plastic not aluminium.
Indeed a very poor quality for the price.
To think they still are better than the LaCie ones is even more disappointing...

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With no "lock" or "HTTPS" showing up, how do I know in Safari if an online store is actually using a secure link when their web page makes that claim?

With no "lock" or "HTTPS" showing up, how do I know in Safari if an online store is actually using a secure link when their web page makes that claim?

The link in your example - https://www.gmx.com/ - is loading non- secure content from http://themes.googleusercontent.com/
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Reloading the page above uses cached copies of the fonts, thus no insecure connection is required on the reload. The issue in the link above (GMX) is not a Safari issue, just really bad web development by whomever built the site and mixed secure and insecure content.

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Security lock is different from iBook G4?

I must have made a mistake in assuming that the security lock would be the same for both machines.
I switched from an iBook G4, and I can no longer use my old security lock cable. It isn't one of those cheapy Kensingtons, but it uses a real padlock (you insert a metal pair of 'scissors' into the slot, open them up to prevent being able to remove them, then put the lock through the hole in the 'scissors'). I'm sure there's a name for this lock style but I am unaware of what it is.
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