Originally Posted by
wxguy
Which is exactly why, during take-off and landing, I have as much of my "essentials" on my person: Wallet, phone, passport, credit card case, etc. Oh, and shoes ON.
This.
There should not be any unique data on one's laptop. they should be in the cloud. If i lost my laptop, i just get another and I will have lost no data. Reconfiguring a new laptop is inconvenient of course.