Comments on: I Just Bought My Travel Laptop http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/22/i-just-bought-my-travel-laptop/ Backpacking around the world on my income from the internet. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:38:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: john http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/22/i-just-bought-my-travel-laptop/#comment-10755 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/22/i-just-bought-my-travel-laptop/#comment-10755 The laptop looks brilliant from here. Great other accessories as well! The laptop looks brilliant from here. Great other accessories as well!

]]> by: Kirsty http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/22/i-just-bought-my-travel-laptop/#comment-152 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:48:41 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/22/i-just-bought-my-travel-laptop/#comment-152 Brooke I almost bought the Dell you have but I couldn't find one on eBay with the specs I wanted. It's pretty cute! I don't even know how to do a clean install of Windows. Come to think of it, I didn't get any software with this baby. I don't want Vista either. Hard drive is probably a good idea. I just bought a 4gig memory stick, an extra 4gigs of memory for my SLR and a spare battery. All these wee things add up! Lee I'm with you... not a big fan of laptop bags at all. I always wear a courier type bag anyways that goes across my body. I find them way better and much less dorky looking that having a backpack fastened onto my front. I'm heading out tomorrow to find abag that will fit my laptop, camera, and other stuff. I'll get one of those laptop sleeve things and just put it into that bag. I'm sure I'll grow attached to the little guy so keeping it hidden away is probably wise. I'm never been the paranoid type though and I'm sure it'll live under my pillow on many occasions when I'm out boozing! Brooke I almost bought the Dell you have but I couldn’t find one on eBay with the specs I wanted. It’s pretty cute!

I don’t even know how to do a clean install of Windows. Come to think of it, I didn’t get any software with this baby. I don’t want Vista either. Hard drive is probably a good idea. I just bought a 4gig memory stick, an extra 4gigs of memory for my SLR and a spare battery. All these wee things add up!

Lee I’m with you… not a big fan of laptop bags at all. I always wear a courier type bag anyways that goes across my body. I find them way better and much less dorky looking that having a backpack fastened onto my front. I’m heading out tomorrow to find abag that will fit my laptop, camera, and other stuff. I’ll get one of those laptop sleeve things and just put it into that bag. I’m sure I’ll grow attached to the little guy so keeping it hidden away is probably wise. I’m never been the paranoid type though and I’m sure it’ll live under my pillow on many occasions when I’m out boozing!

]]> by: Lee http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/22/i-just-bought-my-travel-laptop/#comment-148 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:00:28 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/22/i-just-bought-my-travel-laptop/#comment-148 I know exactly what you mean about being paranoid about losing the laptop! I took mine around the world with me.....and it came back with me! I was resigned to losing it actually. I thought there was no way it wouldnt get stolen or left somewhere. I think the main reasons it survived are as follows: 1. I didnt keep it in a laptop bag. Mine was similar size as yours and I kept it in a small rucksack. People were amazed when I pulled out a laptop, because they could'nt see how it would fit or understand why someone would keep one in a ruksack - the old reverse psychology trick :) Lots of people with fancy laptop bags had theirs stole because they were basically advertising what was inside. 2. When I left hostels I generally took the bag with me because it was useful to pick up leaflets and carry water and any purchases. If I knew I'd be doing something active I would pad lock the zips together and then lock that to my main, large backpack. Prefferably your bed will have them metal struts underneath....my bag spent many a day/night locked up underneath the bed. Through deception and I guess, pure luck, my bag also survived nights hidden under jumpers and pants! There is only so much you can do, but I would'nt worry too much. If you use common sense you'll be fine and eventually end up forgetting you even have your only source of income hidden under your pants/jumper/pillow case - whilst you go out and get hammered :) good luck I know exactly what you mean about being paranoid about losing the laptop!

I took mine around the world with me…..and it came back with me! I was resigned to losing it actually. I thought there was no way it wouldnt get stolen or left somewhere. I think the main reasons it survived are as follows:

1. I didnt keep it in a laptop bag. Mine was similar size as yours and I kept it in a small rucksack. People were amazed when I pulled out a laptop, because they could’nt see how it would fit or understand why someone would keep one in a ruksack - the old reverse psychology trick :)

Lots of people with fancy laptop bags had theirs stole because they were basically advertising what was inside.

2. When I left hostels I generally took the bag with me because it was useful to pick up leaflets and carry water and any purchases. If I knew I’d be doing something active I would pad lock the zips together and then lock that to my main, large backpack. Prefferably your bed will have them metal struts underneath….my bag spent many a day/night locked up underneath the bed.

Through deception and I guess, pure luck, my bag also survived nights hidden under jumpers and pants! There is only so much you can do, but I would’nt worry too much. If you use common sense you’ll be fine and eventually end up forgetting you even have your only source of income hidden under your pants/jumper/pillow case - whilst you go out and get hammered :)

good luck

]]> by: Lissie http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/22/i-just-bought-my-travel-laptop/#comment-147 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:44:33 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/22/i-just-bought-my-travel-laptop/#comment-147 Sounds like a good deal. Get an external harddrive - not a flash drive but the old fashioned sort that go round and round - I paid about NZ$100 for 60GB one - buy it a padded envelope to live in and use to back the whole thing on REGULARLY just in case.... Sounds like a good deal. Get an external harddrive - not a flash drive but the old fashioned sort that go round and round - I paid about NZ$100 for 60GB one - buy it a padded envelope to live in and use to back the whole thing on REGULARLY just in case….

]]> by: Rene http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/22/i-just-bought-my-travel-laptop/#comment-144 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:29:38 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/22/i-just-bought-my-travel-laptop/#comment-144 Good buy! I had a ThinkPad and it lasted me EIGHT YEARS! Youll love it I'm sure. Also, one of the best things I ever did was in January when I got a new laptop (a Dell); unwilling to get reamed by Microsoft again, I saved $600 USD and instead installed Open Office. I haven't looked back. Give it a whirl! Good buy! I had a ThinkPad and it lasted me EIGHT YEARS! Youll love it I’m sure. Also, one of the best things I ever did was in January when I got a new laptop (a Dell); unwilling to get reamed by Microsoft again, I saved $600 USD and instead installed Open Office. I haven’t looked back. Give it a whirl!

]]> by: Mike http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/22/i-just-bought-my-travel-laptop/#comment-141 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 05:03:04 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/22/i-just-bought-my-travel-laptop/#comment-141 Sounds like a good deal. You know it wouldn't hurt to put a new hard disk in the laptop and do a new clean install of windows, particularly if the previous owner was a heavy user. Sounds like a good deal. You know it wouldn’t hurt to put a new hard disk in the laptop and do a new clean install of windows, particularly if the previous owner was a heavy user.

]]> by: Steve http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/22/i-just-bought-my-travel-laptop/#comment-139 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:31:14 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/22/i-just-bought-my-travel-laptop/#comment-139 Great price for the laptop! Just get like a 3-4 gig flash drive and you are set. Great price for the laptop! Just get like a 3-4 gig flash drive and you are set.

]]> by: Brooke http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/22/i-just-bought-my-travel-laptop/#comment-138 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:06:12 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/22/i-just-bought-my-travel-laptop/#comment-138 WOO good deal! HAHa yes, I always feel kind of nerdy too! Since I've worked in the IT field I'm used to people calling me an IT nerd. Between Brian and I, we have 4, sometimes 5, computers in our tiny 1 bedroom apartment at any given time. haha, go us. Glad you got a laptop. At first I was thinking "oh I won't be upset if my laptop breaks or whatever on the road" (since I only paid $400) but I'm loving it so much it might be a tough goodbye if that day comes :-) WOO good deal! HAHa yes, I always feel kind of nerdy too! Since I’ve worked in the IT field I’m used to people calling me an IT nerd. Between Brian and I, we have 4, sometimes 5, computers in our tiny 1 bedroom apartment at any given time. haha, go us. Glad you got a laptop. At first I was thinking “oh I won’t be upset if my laptop breaks or whatever on the road” (since I only paid $400) but I’m loving it so much it might be a tough goodbye if that day comes :-)

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