Is your neighborhood generally safe? In what city, if you don't mind my asking, are you located (general area)?

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My neighborhood is a relatively small tract of maybe 40 houses in a rough circle with the only way in or out being the same road (no through traffic). It's comprised of mostly working professionals, civil government and safety employees and small business owners. It's not super ritzy or anything, but everyone is pretty well established. We do have two California CHP (State Patrol) and a federal marshal, along with fire fighters, so I'm feeling pretty safe in that regard.

Great story, macinbot, thanks for sharing it Perhaps it was Leanna, for fear of her name being bandied about with a stranger? Or, mustn't have been the smartest crack/meth user stealing this over everything else in your shed.

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It would be really creepy/cool if any or all of Leanna, Nathan or Flower Power were somehow connected to the heist. That would certainly make for an incredible tale.

I started it up since getting it back and found some interesting usage. The person who took it appears to be somewhat familiar with Macs. They updated iTunes (which isn't hard, but requires some familiarity). They also turned off Classic auto starting (which it was set to do by the original owner). I found a CD stuck inside (The Essential Alice In Chains) and it was ripped to the hard drive. They also removed the drywall scuffs, but very poorly as the plastic now scratched on the back. With the updates and the cleaning, it seems to me that the intention was to keep it, but the bad rollers on the DVD may have changed their mind. Then again, I think it's probably a futile exercise attempting to get into the mind of a petty thief and their motivations.

I agree that like the 9600, this incident has almost immediately added some of my personal history to this machine. Beyond its overall general historical value, it now has much more personal value to me as well.