I back up all my photos multiple times. Most of the photography editing I do will probably be on the desktop. I plan to take this laptop with my in the semi for skyping, facebook, web surfing, movies. Also will take it when on travel with the family. The most I would probably do photography wise is pull pictures off the sd card, but that could change. Pictures then get offloaded at home. I checked out a Lenovo twist or flips today at staples, and really kind of liked it even though it doesn't have a dvd player. Kind of a cross between a tablet and a laptop, may be just what I need.