I hate it when institutions do that. Too much wonderful equipment is easily devalued that way (which kind of begs the question- who would etch a $900+ iMac, or a $5 000 mixing board)? Fortunately, the ICT admin I deal with are bright enough not to etch their very high-end equipment (although this isn't always the case, unfortunately- some spray paint a school's name on the top cover, or on the side of the unit- I've seen it mostly with TV sets, consumer-grade VHS decks, CD decks, and overhead/slide projectors), and use identification decals like this one instead:
Nice conquest, btw. :beige: