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rooam-dev | 5 years ago

My biggest concern/blocker is the soldered storage.

1st - if it fails during warranty, how do I send it for repair safely (as in my data be safe)?

2nd - it decreases its value imho. I mean how many people buy/trust used storage? I wouldn't.

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foldr|5 years ago

>as in my data be safe

You should have disk encryption turned on. I would not worry unless you think there is someone who is willing to spend an enormous amount of time and effort to access your data.

rooam-dev|5 years ago

Thank you.

mikelward|5 years ago

I'm still using a 2012 Lenovo laptop because I could upgrade its disk and RAM, and replace its battery. Otherwise I'd have had to buy a new laptop years ago.

Disappointing that most Lenovo laptops now have soldered RAM but you can only get up to 16 GiB.

unknown|5 years ago

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garmaine|5 years ago

> how do I send it for repair safely (as in my data be safe)?

You have backups, right?

(That is, unfortunately, the legit answer to this question.)

stevewodil|5 years ago

The question is ambiguous but I interpreted it as if the laptop fails and I need to have it repaired how do I keep my data safe because I can't just pull the hard drive out before sending it for repair.

The T2 chip already encrypts the SSD using a unique identifier generated and known only by that host's T2, so it's sort of a non-issue imo