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Re: Source for Security Cable for TP750Cs




> "Since all of the newer units have gone to the Mac locking"
> 
> Not true, the CX I bought quite recently still has the little loop.
> The 701 has the Mac socket, but as far as I know this is the only
> thinkpad that does, anyone know more?

  Double not true... :)

  The "mac socket" has nothing to do with Macintosh computers; it's the
Kensington Microsaver.  Swing by a CompUSA or something similar and have a
look at one.  Nothing is permanently inserted into the Thinkpad -- the lock
has a sort of "T" that turns sideways to lock into the slot and a pair of
"fingers" to keep someone from turning it.  It's easier if you go look at it.

  The traditional "mac socket" is a one-way slot into which to put a metal tab;
the tab snaps into place and cannot be removed.  This is not how the Microsaver
slot works.

  I think all of the later 755's have the socket; check IBM's web page.  It's
on the right-side of my 755CX, above the hard disk tab.

  Heck, the Compaq Aero I had for a while (before I gave it to my fiancee) has
a Kensignton Microsaver socket.  I bought that machine about a year and a half
ago.

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