I agree that it’s just a matter of when it’s stolen, not if it’s going to be stolen.

The article suggests the laptop is about $300, and he uses it about 1hr/day.

If the laptop is stolen less than once a year he spends less than $1/hr for coding on the go, which I would consider a fair deal.

By “when” I mean time of day. If you’re heading somewhere in Brooklyn after 7pm, that’s different than heading to the city at 7am.