Hi,

I am about to travel to Europe (I'm Australian but imagine this is a similar circumstance for US users and simply flipped for European users).

However, there is the slim possibility I will need to do some Visual Studio work while I'm travelling.

As I see it I have three options:

1. Leave a desktop PC on at home, access remotely via net cafes.
2. Carry a laptop with me on the trip, upload files as required using public wifi.
3. Option 2 but instead buy cheap light netbook that is miraculously capable of running VS.

Does anyone have any experience or advice to shed on any of these options?

For reference, this existing post suggests that VS remotely for short distances is okay, but over longer distances could be more problematic. I've used VS via RDP to a US server before and it was pretty laggy but for small changes I could get by.

Concerns I have that you may have some experience with:

• Weight of luggage (ideally like to travel light)
• Security of laptop (imagine it'll be too heavy to carry around all the time so have to leave it at hotel/hostel etc. and hope for the best)
• Security of data (don't want someone stealing RDP access to my home PC)
• Security of FTP (don't want someone stealing FTP passwords over wireless)