Stolen laptop - help!

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I had a party at my house two nights ago, and while intoxicated, I left my laptop out to play music and completely forgot. I believe it was stolen. It was a Macbook Pro, and I had mobile .me setup on it, and it syncs every 15 minutes if its on the internet. This is why I am posting: Is it pointless to think I could call Apple, explain the situation, and see if they can track any unusual ip connections with their .me servers? And I could contact the ISP from there?
 
dingobiatch said:
I had a party at my house two nights ago, and while intoxicated, I left my laptop out to play music and completely forgot. I believe it was stolen. It was a Macbook Pro, and I had mobile .me setup on it, and it syncs every 15 minutes if its on the internet. This is why I am posting: Is it pointless to think I could call Apple, explain the situation, and see if they can track any unusual ip connections with their .me servers? And I could contact the ISP from there?
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Apple will not give you any information. You need to file a police report first, sometimes the police will give you a case number and contact info for a detective, then either they call Apple or Apple has the recovery department call the the police.

Now, given that you got hammered and lost your laptop, do not expect this to be high on any detective's priority list...
 
Lol thanks for that dose of reality, and yes I know. I don't expect much out of it. Good thing is I got my stuff insured before I moved into this new house for this exact reason. I just worry because I have some very personal things on there, and I'm hoping whoever stole it was just a drunken dumb frat guy, and not a tech-savy snoop.

(Would the average person delete the whole computer first thing or would they go through it...)
 
Since it's a mac, it's less likely that whoever took it knows his way around it and he'll probably take it to a tech guy he knows. Probably intend to sell it asap. Check local listings for laptops with similar specs.
 
Sly said:
Since it's a mac, it's less likely that whoever took it knows his way around it and he'll probably take it to a tech guy he knows. Probably intend to sell it asap. Check local listings for laptops with similar specs.
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Maybe he can also try craigslist? I figure the guy who stole it will probably want to make a quick buck and sell it there. GL to the OP though.
 
XxDaRkReAp3rxXdOtCoM said:
Maybe he can also try craigslist? I figure the guy who stole it will probably want to make a quick buck and sell it there. GL to the OP though.
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I'm not familiar with craigslist, but just have him check whatever store (online or IRL) that sells 2nd hand computers. It happened here locally and it was pretty big news since he was using a popular local trading site when he got caught.

Toshiba Qosmio E10 = $375.00

A brand new one should cost almost $2,000.00

Honestly, at that price, i'd take it and ask no questions :D
 
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