While locking laptops is important, the extra spend on a dock that has a built in key is not usually beneficial to an IT department because they want to be able to use the same master lock and key for all the locks (in case you wonderful people forget it or lose it). As I said, locking them up is no way to keep the laptop on your desk permanently, it is just another way of sticking it to the man (in this case, the man is someone who wants to steal your laptop/information).

If locking up laptops was so important, why do most companies using Dells (inclunding a medium sized manufacturing company lacated in PA and a consulting company based out of Wayne) not spend the extra money on docks for the laptops that have a key lock built in?