I’ve mentioned before that I think that laptops make a lot of sense for computer users who travel. With a great deal of our communication and information gathering tied up in the computer world, not having this tool when traveling is a definite minus. My family and I just returned from a short trip where having our laptop with us saved us a lot of time and aggravation.
While traveling, we used the computer and a wi-fi connection (which was easy to find) to :
- Email relatives
- Access maps
- Compare shopping centers we were thinking of visiting
- Keep an eye on the weather
- Check road reports
- Find our favorite eateries
- Find independent coffee shops (we like them better than Starbucks)
- Download and look at pictures we took
- Stay current with news without having to wait for a newspaper or the evening news
I’m curious what other travelers use their laptops for on the road. Leave a comment and tell me your traveling laptop story or tip!
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I just took my laptop camera to Australia . no wifi or power plug in on united airlines .it was a grate way to shear photos with family and friends who live there .
Hey Rooman! Good to hear from you. I think we will slowly see wifi on many flights of 2 or more hours (bigger planes).
We use a Sprint wireless card and do on the spot research for whatever topic comes up while we are driving down the road. For example… We learned all sorts of interesting information about the Great Salt Lake …. stuff that wasn’t at the rest stop. And we learned it while we were driving, so no lost time in getting to our “destination” just because there was something interesting on the route.