+1 from me. I fly weekly between NZ and Melbourne. I have given up on carrying a laptop and converted to an iPad. much easier, better battery life and much less to carry around. Anything that I can't do on my iPad (which is not much) can wait till I get to the other end.

Thinking about going all the way and converting from my Blackberry to an iPhone as well.

Flew many times through and to different destinations in Europe. Never had any problems.

Make sure to take a mobile phone as well.

This is the same problem in China as reported to me by a client of mine but not strictly enforced.

I travel with 2 domestically all the time (for the last 3 years) with no problem at all. My employer has similar policies & has pretty well locked-down the laptops, with full monitoring and DLP software.

So I carry the company computer and a personal netbook. No issues at security, but sometimes dirty looks from other passengers as it takes a few seconds longer. The only potential issue is when they try and separate you from your stuff during pat-downs or opt-outs. More to watch.

I also have an iPad, which is OK but limited in it's functionality. The iPad doesn't usually go with me on trips, though it may make it on my next same-day mileage run.

I don't know Photoshop Elements, isn't that the cheap/free version of Photoshop that sometimes comes with cameras?

I use Photoshop, Illustrator and Lightroom on my laptop so probably a bit heavy for a tablet. But I heard about Photoshop Express last week and your comment reminded me to download it for a fiddle on my iPad & iPhone.

Going to have a fiddle with it now

There is also now Photoshop Touch if you're on Android and I think they are working on an iPad version. Really research it though as I've heard it has a few caveats that might not make it as appealing as it first looks.

Have travelled a fair amount (including India) with an Ipad and a notebook. No-one ever asked anything. Indeed the only place the two were seen together was at the security check and no-one has ever been interested.

I've traveled a few times this year (domestically) with all of the following--

* company laptop (was a Lenovo Thinkpad 15")
* Apple MacBook Air 11"
* Kindle
* iPhone
* work Blackberry

The first time I did it with both computers, I didn't know to put them in separate bins, and of the TSA person was a bit snarky about it. But I've learned from that experience.

Same is going on with my work, when I travel I try to avoid doing too much personal stuff on the work laptop. The MacBook Air makes a great add-on, since it isn't too heavy.

After doing this a couple of times though, my backpack/laptop bag was pretty heavy. Conveniently timed, a month ago I had to get a new work computer (every 3 years), and I selected the 12.5" Thinkpad. What a world of difference in weight -v- the 15" ^

I just tried Photoshop Express, it is a bit crappy, like iPhoto light but right there on the iPhone without having to sync it.

I suppose if you are the sort of person that would take a photo of a car crash and absolutely had to put a basic vignette on it then tweet it then it'll work out for you.

It also lets you straighten photos if like me you have one leg shorter than the other. It's a bit of fun, nothing else.

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Just take the receipts with you proving that you paid duty/tax on it somewhere else.

So I read that the TSA had officially stated that the MBA 11 is small enough that it doesn't have to be scanned, but I still take mine out at security, because it is not really a big deal and I'm sure if you run into a new agent or someone who doesn't know the policy (which is weird anyway), you'll end up wasting more time overall.

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They make it up as they go along. I always take mine out to avoid the muppets going through my entire bag.