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In Brazil if you are stopped at customs inspection (which is likely to happen if you have a lot of luggage), all they are interested in whether the laptop is new. They worry that you are bringing a new laptop to sell in the country, going around their import regulations. If you prove to them that it is yours, and it is used (fairly trivial exercise), they don't care much.