>>I will be toting around a laptop and digital camera at an upcoming conference. Where does everyone store their laptops at night? Leaving $3000+ in equip my hotel room seems kinda iffy.
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>Evan, no one does that! They all geek-out in the bar, laptops and all. Not sure if I saw any in the pool though.
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>FWIW, Barbara Peisch and Tamar had some sort of lock that tied it to the desk in the room.

Same here - have a bag which is secure (unless the baddies have a REALLY big knife) and then secure the bag to the desk, bed, shower, room service attendant, etc..