In Reply to: Laptop or no laptop posted by nycberkeley on Tuesday, 27. February 2007 at 12:45 Bali Time:
Last year we did not take the laptop for the first time in years - we missed the options for watching different movies/programs at the same time, playing games when the weather was bad or when we just wanted time out from the outside world and even the opportunity to check our emails and surf the net from our room. Our villas have lines in each room. There are several cafes on Monkey Forest Rd that are hot spots eg BabyFace. I find the internet cafes are all so slow now after high speeds at home and there are so many "down" times it is much easier to keep checking in your own hotel or nearby cafe rather than goinf back to the cafes. Have never had a problem with theft or power surges but we are always careful.