I carry a laptop but really only because I have another job which I often do on the road. Can't do real work on a touchscreen.
If you're a gamer you'll need a laptop of course.
Make sure the van driver doesn't load your laptop case where it will fall out when he opens the door. Or just hang onto it.
If it gets dropped it probably won't break but the grease between the CPU and the heat sink may separate, and then you'll have cooling and performance issues, especially at high elevations. If that happens you can take the laptop apart and apply fresh heat sink grease.