You know the drill (or is that screwdriver?) by now. New gadget lands at the
iFixit labs, and the good folk there give it a teardown. Microsoft's
Surface Pro
is this week's lucky slab of silicon to hit the bench. The good news is
that a removable battery and SSD will make swapping those out a charm.
That's pretty much it for the good news though. The less good news is
the sheer number of screws you're going to have to contend with (over 90
by iFixit's count). The bad news is that screen is a real fiddle to
remove, and there are globs of adhesive to navigate (holding that
battery and screen in place for example). The worst part? By our
tool-weilding friend's reckoning, you'll be lucky
not to sever a
major cable artery just by opening the thing. There's not much by way
of hardware surprises, bar the mAh rating of the battery (
5,676). All
this earns the Surface Pro a repairability rating of just one out ten
(ten being the best). Better treat yours with the love and care it
deserves then.
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