In some cases you can use a pair of pruning shears to cut the plastic on the kensington lock slot, then take the laptop. It's usually plastic (although some laptops do use high tension steel these days)
I don't think anyone expects the lock to thwart a dedicated attacker. But the most common case of laptop stealing is someone wanting a new laptop, not your specifically. Your laptop just has to look harder to steal.
exactly. You just need to change getaway time from 5 seconds to 20 and the thief looks for an easier target. Like running from the bear a little faster than your fellow campers.
Plastic MacBooks have the k-lock reinforced by metal, not exactly sure what part they connect to but it's solid. MBPs are metal, hence a stronger k-lock. So a thief would have to mess up the computer pretty badly to steal it.
On my macbook, it was actually possible to insert the cable into the lock and rotate it so its only under the plastic, which makes it very easy to break, I imagine.
One needs to be careful to go all the way in. like so many things in life :-)
