No way to really know what your buying the pro's were there with their lap tops the crier obsioulsy favored them..

Martin  shoot, traveling solo/ backpacker style through the developing world like SE Asia, Latin America, Africa, etc. on $50/day budget ain't cheap.

(... did you do it)As much as you can while the memories are still reasonably fresh, create a timeline of EVERY STEP you took, every thought that crossed your mind as well as you can recall and what you did to take those steps and act on those thoughts.Write it all down - on paper, on a laptop / tablet / computer, whatever - and find someone to help you organize it.

I don't have Adobe on my laptop and it would look really bad using Paint.

But before I go live there I want to take my laptop, cell phone (can't live without Facebook) my 6-foot flat screen TV, $4,000 Comfy bed and my 3 dogs (they only cost me about $300 per month, or $3,600 per year).

He used some of my contractors including my handyman who used a small crew to clean out the unit for $500 and the right to keep anything he desired (there was an unopened laptop and a few flat screen TVs that all worked). 

What I would do is to get and keep a laptop in the car ready to go.

Time to upgrade my 4-5 year old laptop to something faster, lighter and with more disc space and memory.

Actual break in but only got a laptop due to alarm2. 5 more attempted break ins and caught on camera (True HD camera system) but guy has no record so cops couldn't do a face recognition.3.

As I am now attending a 3 day REI workshop at a hotel conferance room and didn't bring my iPad or laptop, just my smart phone.Anyways, getting back on topic ...OK, when I get back home tonight I will re-run the numbers less conservatively (this workshop does not end until like 7pm on these 3 days lol).