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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 de
by rooam-dev 6y 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.
- garmaine 6y 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 6y agoThe 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
- garmaine 6y agoIf you use FileVault encryption with a secure password.
- stevewodil 6y agoNo, it's encrypted either way. With FileVault enabled it just won't automatically mount and decrypt when connected to the T2 chip
- garmaine 6y agoThat doesn’t matter if the password is known, guessable, or nonexistent.
- rooam-dev 6y agoThank you for your input, that's exactly what I meant.
- foldr 6y 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 6y agoThank you.
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- mikelward 6y agoI'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.