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Jan 21, 2008 | 2:33 pm

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Originally Posted by Tennisbum

I have 2 laptops, one which will live in Europe where I go twice a year for about 2 1/2 months each trip, and one which will live in the US, where I stay for 3-5 months at a time.

I do the same, except I average 6 trips a year. People recommend keeping off-site backups; the Europe laptop constitutes an off-continent backup.

At first I'd pull the battery, but then the laptop clock would get off, and when I'd first plug it in I'd have to do lots of reconfigs. Now I just shut it down and lock it away securely.

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