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by juusto 1908 days ago
Maybe not the perfect instagram digital nomad life but I do have some experience on working from the road.

I travel a lot between EU/Asia/LatAm (yes its still happening) and for that my company provides unlimited plans. I spend most of my year on the road, from 6-8 months, but the longest stretch was only 4 months. We have 2 subs that cover pretty much the whole world.

I use a MacBook 13 fully specced out and a Samsung 21 Ultra where, when outside of the office, I hotspot from when WiFi in public is unavailable (LA/Asia has lots of free fast WiFi places).

Electronics with me, I take: laptop, phone, camera (RX100 6 or my A7R 3) and WF1000XM3. That's it. Sometimes it's already too much.

Can't live without: VPN (personal/office), streaming services (spotify/netflix/hbo) and I load some books on my phones kindle app.

I never think about data limits but I am also never too far from main cities.

If I could change something would be to get the MacBook 16. But then I think of the weight and hassle.

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Much above 13" is definitely sub-optimal for travel. If the rumored Apple Silicon MacBook is similar to the rumors though I may upgrade to that--mostly though because I'd use it to replace both an iMac and a 13" MacBook Pro that are both 5+ years old. (And I often travel with just a 13" Chromebook anyway.)