[rooam-dev]

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.

[foldr]

>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]

Thank you.

[mikelward]

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.

[garmaine]

> 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]

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

[rooam-dev]

Thank you for your input, that's exactly what I meant.

[garmaine]

If you use FileVault encryption with a secure password.

[stevewodil]

No, it's encrypted either way. With FileVault enabled it just won't automatically mount and decrypt when connected to the T2 chip

[garmaine]

That doesn’t matter if the password is known, guessable, or nonexistent.