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My boyfriend and I are going to spend a year traveling through Central- and S-America, and we're trying to decide whether we want to bring a laptop along. 

My laptop is a 1.5 y/o MacBook pro, and I'm not too keen on having it stolen or damaged. We have a history of taking a lot of pictures and videos while traveling so being able to store, sort and backup massive amounts of photos is a must. The idea of editing HD videos on the road and post them on our blog, along with photos, is also appealing. 

Our DSLR camera probably makes us targets for thieves regardless of the computer, we plan to budget, and we are nature lovers so we will probably spend a lot of time outside of cities. Our other option would be to buy a small netbook, and while having the pros of being smaller, lighter, and not worth as much as the MacBook, it might not be able to handle photo and video editing. But if we're looking at the risk of having the computer stolen while we're still in Mexico, well...

What does /r/travel think, especially those of you who have some experience with backpacking in S-America and/or taking shitloads of photos?
<bot>: Should we bring a fancy laptop backpacking in S-America, or opt for a netbook (or no laptop) instead?