Originally posted here by nihil
Also, why pay for CD/DVD drives, USB, floppy drives if you don't NEED them.[/B]
Actually, with the A-brands you seem to have to pay them to leave it out these days

But.. The A-brands (the corporate models at least) also have case locking so you can use those laptop type kabel/locks to lock/secure the casing and LCD to the desk. Added bonus: it'll make the computer harder to steal.. physicly that is..
BIOS boot order and password should prevent booting from anything else but the harddrive.. GPO and perhaps some third party software should give you some control over who can access thumbdrives and/or cd/dvd-roms.. The A-brands also have a small cover switch that gets activated when the case is opened.. Next time the computer boots normally it can send a signal to you.. The cloners also picked up on this so there are casings and mainboards around that also sport these 'corporate' features