advice to any notebook owners
advice to any notebook owners.
if you always carry your notebook around with you,
NEVER LEAVE THE NOTEBOOK AWAY FROM ARM'S REACH
definitely not in the car, or your class, or office, or even just for half a minute in the loo with the safety cord attached. nor leave it to ur fren to watch out for a bit.
it won't be safe on its own. Period.
Even if u leave it at ur home, always hide it out of sight. or at least attach it to a safety cord AND away from any openings to the outside (door, windows, any holes at all that can fit ur notebook)
oh yeah, also
MAKE BACK-UPS OF IMPORTANT FILES
(no description to this needed, i presume)
recounts of my family's & others' experiences:
just moved to a new home.
went out to for less than 2 hours pray.
come back,
& found the window was peeled off
phones & pc were missing
even the money in my pants pocket were lost...
grilled up the whole house within the week
& never left home unattended (even on big festivities, dont even dare to leave our home...)
my dad once had his notebook stolen when he left it in his car for less than a few minutes.
UNLOCKED. my dad's too trusting of a guy sumtimes...
never heard/see/think(?) about it since.
(I was the one crying. my final year project proposal, assignments, downloads, etc all were in there~! and most of em have no back ups for gods sake!!)
my iranian friend was going for his friday prayers.
left the notebook under the passanger seat.
wadaya know.
he comes back an hour later.
found his window busted
& his notebook missing.
has to redo most of his thesis studies which was almost done AGAIN.
my friend's friend left the notebook on the in the dorm room.
came back from class
the door was unlocked
& the notebook was missing
was never found since.
(repeat 4x. alternate: window broken, lock busted)
all are tragic stories, but this is what happens every day
conclusion: either u BE EXTRA CREFUL or dun own a notebook at all.
PS: i stil hope i can find back my dad's dear lappy, but its near to impossible and i've accepted that...
if you always carry your notebook around with you,
NEVER LEAVE THE NOTEBOOK AWAY FROM ARM'S REACH
definitely not in the car, or your class, or office, or even just for half a minute in the loo with the safety cord attached. nor leave it to ur fren to watch out for a bit.
it won't be safe on its own. Period.
Even if u leave it at ur home, always hide it out of sight. or at least attach it to a safety cord AND away from any openings to the outside (door, windows, any holes at all that can fit ur notebook)
oh yeah, also
MAKE BACK-UPS OF IMPORTANT FILES
(no description to this needed, i presume)
recounts of my family's & others' experiences:
just moved to a new home.
went out to for less than 2 hours pray.
come back,
& found the window was peeled off
phones & pc were missing
even the money in my pants pocket were lost...
grilled up the whole house within the week
& never left home unattended (even on big festivities, dont even dare to leave our home...)
my dad once had his notebook stolen when he left it in his car for less than a few minutes.
UNLOCKED. my dad's too trusting of a guy sumtimes...
never heard/see/think(?) about it since.
(I was the one crying. my final year project proposal, assignments, downloads, etc all were in there~! and most of em have no back ups for gods sake!!)
my iranian friend was going for his friday prayers.
left the notebook under the passanger seat.
wadaya know.
he comes back an hour later.
found his window busted
& his notebook missing.
has to redo most of his thesis studies which was almost done AGAIN.
my friend's friend left the notebook on the in the dorm room.
came back from class
the door was unlocked
& the notebook was missing
was never found since.
(repeat 4x. alternate: window broken, lock busted)
all are tragic stories, but this is what happens every day
conclusion: either u BE EXTRA CREFUL or dun own a notebook at all.
PS: i stil hope i can find back my dad's dear lappy, but its near to impossible and i've accepted that...