Thanks a lot for the replies so far everyone.

About the concerns on Safety of data while traveling, of course I would also have a Cloud backup (as well as physical backups at every location). But...

Yes, I heard about this too. But still looking for confirmation to make sure it's true or at least reduces the number of times a phone activation is required.

Anyway looks like everyone is only...

Do you maybe have any idea how often would I need to do the telephone activation with a Retail license? if it's something like once every 4 times (so once every 2 years in my case) that wouldn't be...

In the near future I may have to spend many months in a row at 2 different locations (let's say about 8 months in Asia and 4 months in Europe) for many years to come.
As I don't want a notebook, I...