From a "first world" perspective where you are constantly connected and can have backups done whenever you want, it's good advice. But if you're traveling a lot

From a "first world" perspective where you are constantly connected and can have backups done whenever you want, it's good advice. But if you're traveling a lot, have limited connectivity/resources and/or live in a third world country, you kinda care about that sub $500 or sub $1k investment ;) I want to get to the point where I don't care about the HW though. I've been getting more frugal over the years and emphasizing replaceability/low power/long battery life over faster/"better" though. Eventually I want to get to the point where I just carry around something disposable, but my game making ambitions and current interest in Unity3d are sort of making that hard. Then again maybe I'll just end up selling all my stuff down the road and carry around disposable HW so I can finish that damn novel in my head. :)