Comments on: The Wannabe Flashpacker’s Guide to Laptop Travel http://www.vagabondish.com/laptop-travel-guide/ The Travelzine for Today's Vagabond Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:10:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: João Almeida http://www.vagabondish.com/laptop-travel-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-11822 João Almeida Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:47:14 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=2391#comment-11822 Earlier this year I travelled in Indochina with a netbook (the first time I took a computer for travel) and highly recommend it, it's a very good compromise between funcionality, cost and volume. Nowadays I can't see a good reason to carry a "full-size laptop" on the road. Earlier this year I travelled in Indochina with a netbook (the first time I took a computer for travel) and highly recommend it, it’s a very good compromise between funcionality, cost and volume. Nowadays I can’t see a good reason to carry a “full-size laptop” on the road.

]]> By: joshwink http://www.vagabondish.com/laptop-travel-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-9427 joshwink Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:22:21 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=2391#comment-9427 Skip the laptop! It's just something thing to worry about. A true backpacking trip shouldn't be spent in internet cafes or at your hostel using wi-fi anyway. Write a blog, share your photos, let your mom know that you're safe. A laptop is handy, but hardly a necessity. Pick up a hard-drive card reader like the Media Sonic Data bank for your photos, no computer required. Skip the laptop! It’s just something thing to worry about. A true backpacking trip shouldn’t be spent in internet cafes or at your hostel using wi-fi anyway.

Write a blog, share your photos, let your mom know that you’re safe. A laptop is handy, but hardly a necessity. Pick up a hard-drive card reader like the Media Sonic Data bank for your photos, no computer required.

]]> By: A. Wannabe Travelwriter http://www.vagabondish.com/laptop-travel-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-9050 A. Wannabe Travelwriter Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:55:12 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=2391#comment-9050 Hi Nora, Funny to run into you "here." If one of those netbooks will function with M.S. Word, M.S. Live Writer, and PhotoFiltre, so I can create the magic and post to my world-famous travel blog, I love the small size. My daughter just bought a Samsung netbook (which seems to have plenty of horsepower) but has not used it on the road, yet. Any opinions out there for a highly self-regarded, pseudo-professional global blogger? Hi Nora,

Funny to run into you “here.”

If one of those netbooks will function with M.S. Word, M.S. Live Writer, and PhotoFiltre, so I can create the magic and post to my world-famous travel blog, I love the small size.

My daughter just bought a Samsung netbook (which seems to have plenty of horsepower) but has not used it on the road, yet.

Any opinions out there for a highly self-regarded, pseudo-professional global blogger?

]]> By: Craig http://www.vagabondish.com/laptop-travel-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-8385 Craig Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:21:10 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=2391#comment-8385 My wife and I carry a 12" G4 powerbook for all our video and audio editing and a Asus Eee 900 for writing and other web development. As to travel, we've been living out of two backpacks since February 2006. My laptop's been through more countries than most people. I was thinking about having it passport stamped on the borders. Getting through airport security can be a serious pain in the butt; unless you're travelling in Turkey. <a href="indietravelpodcast.com/podcast/077-speed-through-airport-security/" rel="nofollow">We put together our notes on it here</a>. My wife and I carry a 12″ G4 powerbook for all our video and audio editing and a Asus Eee 900 for writing and other web development.

As to travel, we’ve been living out of two backpacks since February 2006. My laptop’s been through more countries than most people. I was thinking about having it passport stamped on the borders.

Getting through airport security can be a serious pain in the butt; unless you’re travelling in Turkey. We put together our notes on it here.

]]> By: nomad4ever http://www.vagabondish.com/laptop-travel-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-8370 nomad4ever Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:55:03 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=2391#comment-8370 I wrote an article about those Keyloggers and what you can do to avoid them a while back. If anyone is interested, just click <a href="http://www.nomad4ever.com/2008/02/21/8-tips-to-fool-keyloggers-in-public-internet-cafes/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Cheers! I wrote an article about those Keyloggers and what you can do to avoid them a while back. If anyone is interested, just click here.

Cheers!

]]> By: Saigon2009 http://www.vagabondish.com/laptop-travel-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-8335 Saigon2009 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:16:34 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=2391#comment-8335 The oft-repeated advice is to "just use an Internet cafe" for trip planning, e-mail checking, etc. However, there is a very real possibility that an Internet Cafe computer has a key-logging virus that will capture your password (if checking e-mail) or your credit card number (if making reservations). Does anyone have any info on the prevalence of this kind of key-logging virus/hardware in cafes? Are any parts of the world, or companies better/worse than others? The oft-repeated advice is to “just use an Internet cafe” for trip planning, e-mail checking, etc. However, there is a very real possibility that an Internet Cafe computer has a key-logging virus that will capture your password (if checking e-mail) or your credit card number (if making reservations).

Does anyone have any info on the prevalence of this kind of key-logging virus/hardware in cafes? Are any parts of the world, or companies better/worse than others?

]]> By: Nomadic Matt http://www.vagabondish.com/laptop-travel-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-8325 Nomadic Matt Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:21:47 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=2391#comment-8325 i heart laptops...id be lost without mine i heart laptops…id be lost without mine

]]> By: AndrzejM http://www.vagabondish.com/laptop-travel-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-8321 AndrzejM Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:48:54 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=2391#comment-8321 Bah! My suggestion is PDA for quick notes and stuff like protableapps.com for seriuos computer job on the road. Truth is that you can ALWAYS fins internet cafe somehere out there. And if you cannot you still have your "backup" PDA". Not to mention that overall costs of this solution is $100 for mid-range PDA and $5 for pen drive which carries your portable applications. & Bah!
My suggestion is PDA for quick notes and stuff like protableapps.com for seriuos computer job on the road.
Truth is that you can ALWAYS fins internet cafe somehere out there.

And if you cannot you still have your “backup” PDA”.

Not to mention that overall costs of this solution is $100 for mid-range PDA and $5 for pen drive which carries your portable applications.

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]]> By: brian from nodebtworldtravel.com http://www.vagabondish.com/laptop-travel-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-8305 brian from nodebtworldtravel.com Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:45:27 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=2391#comment-8305 I'm with my laptop now on my trip. Wish it was lighter but glad I have it with me. I'm not worried about a keylogger steal my info at a public computer terminal. That is a very real concern. I’m with my laptop now on my trip. Wish it was lighter but glad I have it with me. I’m not worried about a keylogger steal my info at a public computer terminal. That is a very real concern.

]]> By: soultravelers3 http://www.vagabondish.com/laptop-travel-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-8303 soultravelers3 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:14:13 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/?p=2391#comment-8303 We are 3 years into an open ended world tour as a family and we carry 3 laptops! We live a digital life and could not live without them for everything from banking to homeschooling, webcam skype calls home & my daughter even takes piano lessons over skype to her teacher on another continent! Internet cafes tend to be expensive ( we live large on 25K a year total for a family of 3), smoky, unsafe with horrible foreign keyboards often. We mostly use our macs, but have one PC to bridge the gap that sometimes happens with anything that won't work well on a mac. ( ie many kids educational soft war only comes for pc's etc) VPN helps keep all free wifi safe! We are 3 years into an open ended world tour as a family and we carry 3 laptops!

We live a digital life and could not live without them for everything from banking to homeschooling, webcam skype calls home & my daughter even takes piano lessons over skype to her teacher on another continent!

Internet cafes tend to be expensive ( we live large on 25K a year total for a family of 3), smoky, unsafe with horrible foreign keyboards often.

We mostly use our macs, but have one PC to bridge the gap that sometimes happens with anything that won’t work well on a mac. ( ie many kids educational soft war only comes for pc’s etc)

VPN helps keep all free wifi safe!

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