I stopped carrying my laptop with me on trips a couple of years ago. I accidentally left it on the airplane behind my seat when switching airplanes in MCO. I didn't realize that it was gone until I was getting into the hotel van later that night. Luckily, an honest pilot (I still don't know who it was to this day) turned it into the chief pilots office. When I got back to CVG on my last day of the trip, there was a note in my v-file to see the chief pilots. I went in and they had my laptop.

I vowed to never take my laptop with me again, and I have not done so yet. Way too much personal info on there that would be of great value to an identity thief. Tax returns, SSNs, etc... I manage just fine in the hotel business centers.