>As far as using popular ports, I have to say that all of them are already taken on the laptop. :)
I think some if not most of the devices that plug into "popular ports" are pass-through i.e. you can continue to use the ports, they just get extended some distance outward. Like the old parallel port dongles used for copy protection.
Some more ideas at
http://superuser.com/questions/555373/ways-to-physically-secure-laptop-that-has-no-kensington-lock .
Regards. Al
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