just what I needed to know...

Apparently the complex I live in has been suffering a rash of attempted break-ins between midnight and 4 AM for the last several days. Just what I need to know before I go away for two weeks. Sigh. The would-be burglars apparently like to look for open windows and try to take the screens off from the outside and come in that way, but they keep waking people up in the process, so they never actually get away with stealing anything. However, I resent the fact that I can't keep my windows open at night while I'm here instead of running the air conditioner. Leaving the living room window open would be asking for it, and although nobody could come in through the bedroom window without waking me up, leaving that open would be a bad idea too.

Growf.

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Given the recent spate of break-in attempts around here and the fact that my laptop could easily walk off if somebody breaks in while I'm gone, should I:

(A) Bring the laptop to Boston with me;

(B) Hide the laptop somewhere in my apartment and hope that if somebody breaks in, they'll only steal what they can see;

(C) Leave the windows locked and the shades down like I always do, leave the laptop on the desk and quit worrying?