Sup fellas I'm leaving for college in a few days and wanted

>>1219861

3d print some fake ones. Or even make real ones. Nobody will know that they are made of plastic if you paint them well.

>>1219861
And a fake one will do something about your keyboard and equivalent?

You'd spend more than $50 in time, paint, materials and effort to make a convincing fake, you may as well just stop being so fucking poor and buy one.

>>1219870
>equivalent
Equipment. Fuck you auto correct.

>what is steel braided cable and crimpers?

>>1219872

this is the best solution so far. Buy some stainless steel cable and ferrules and the proper crimper for the ferrules. Have a machine shop knock up the part that goes inside the little hole, with a place for OP to crimp the cable.

Then make a loop at the other end to wrap around something sturdy, and you're good to go and saved a lot of money too.

>>1219861
>deter thieves
>fake locks and shit

The person trying to steal it will yank on it to test then steal it when it come off in their hands.

>>1219861
>won't spend a mere $50 to protect $1000+ in computer equipment
How did you get in college again?

>>1219861
>Don't really want to shell out the $50
>>1219874
>some stainless steel cable and ferrules
> have a machine shop knock up

Just, wow.