Do you take your laptop on holiday

Admiral Huddy · 9 May 2019 at 15:19

Laptop? I don't even bother with my phone. With exception of my camera, I leave all tech behind.

Junglist · 9 May 2019 at 15:26

I've only ever brought a laptop with me on a flight when I went to America for 8 weeks. I was staying with family so I knew I'd need something to keep me entertained. It was on a BA flight and it had power adaptors near my seat so I actually completed Modern Warfare 3 on my Alienware laptop. Then had a few races on an F1 game, think it was F1 2010

Now though I'd just take a tablet with me for the flight but wouldn't really use it over the course of the holiday.

cheesyboy · 9 May 2019 at 15:29

I feel like I took a netbook on holiday once, but can't really remember why - it wouldn't have been for work.

Certainly wouldn't now, everything I might need to do can be done on my phone.

thedoc46 · 9 May 2019 at 15:33

Lopéz said:
No, I can't think of a reason to take a laptop on holiday.

??? An essential tool. Looking up things to do. Discounts, what's on. Places to eat. Make sure things are going well at home.. Anything and everything. Having a laptop with you on holiday doesn't mean you need to be connected to work.

EGuitarStar · 9 May 2019 at 15:33

I take my surface like but cheapo unknown branded device on holiday. Useful for errr laptop stuff

Rannoch · 9 May 2019 at 15:34

I took an XPS 13 with me.

inogen · 9 May 2019 at 15:41

Depends on how long I'm going for. A week? probably not. Two weeks, probably.

It's useful for watching the footy. And it does fit in a safe. And nicely in my hand luggage.

Lopéz · 9 May 2019 at 16:21

thedoc46 said:
??? An essential tool. Looking up things to do. Discounts, what's on. Places to eat. Make sure things are going well at home.. Anything and everything. Having a laptop with you on holiday doesn't mean you need to be connected to work.

I've got a phone that does all that.

Lopéz · 9 May 2019 at 16:24

labcoattech said:
Risk of it going missing at the airport scanners before you've even left the country? no thanks

I've flown literally hundreds of times with a work laptop and never had it go missing. Same for the others on my team.

labcoattech · 9 May 2019 at 16:47

It's when you have to take your laptop out of the bag and place it in the tray for it to go through the scanners, it goes through but you are still held up in the queue waiting to be body scanned.

Lopéz · 9 May 2019 at 16:49

labcoattech said:
It's when you have to take your laptop out of the bag and place it in the tray for it to go through the scanners, it goes through but you are still held up in the queue waiting to be body scanned.

In my experience it's normally the other way around - rarely has my stuff gone through before I have. Either way, I've done this for a long time and never had a problem.

panthro · 9 May 2019 at 16:54

Always but not for work purposes.

EvilSooty · 9 May 2019 at 16:55

Nah, phone for data only to use maps and so on with everything else muted as I don't want to be contactable

Suppose a laptop would be handy for a big screen to watch stuff at night on and to play proper games on a long haul flight. Mobile phone games bore me within a few minutes.

skyripper · 9 May 2019 at 17:46

Always. And a HDMI lead to hookup to the hotel / cottage telly to play netflix, amazon whatever.
As for would the missus mind, she's worse than me - she'll do work while away on holiday, because unfortunately her job doesnt stop just because she's off for a week or two. I wouldnt respond to work unless it was a P1 and something only I could resolve.

Never had a worry with my laptop during security, I would think somewhere with lots of people with guns doing a tedious job would be the last place anyone should try and steal laptops from.

Skynet5 · 9 May 2019 at 18:24

I want to try harder with another attempt.

I don't take my laptop with me. I buy one whilst I'm there or at the airport, top of the range, then just throw it in the pool as I check out.

ScoTTyBEEE · 9 May 2019 at 18:31

I take my laptop with me to the toilet.

.Lethal · 9 May 2019 at 18:31

No, but I can understand some of the reasons some have said in this thread and probably would if I was in a similar position.

BananaDunka · 9 May 2019 at 18:33

Just use your phone?

G-MAN2004 · 9 May 2019 at 20:13

Nope. Firstly, I don't need it and secondly, the moment I ever get asked to give up my password is the moment I'd have to miss my flight. I don't have the same problem with my phone because it's wiped anyway.

Lopéz · 9 May 2019 at 20:38

G-MAN2004 said:
the moment I ever get asked to give up my password is the moment I'd have to miss my flight. I don't have the same problem with my phone because it's wiped anyway.

Because of all the military grade intel stored on it?