Yep finally a good direction forward, hoping all Surface products will be the same. It will be nicer if the display assembly in the near future will only involve removing screws and not adhesive, just some rubber gaskets to seal the device through screw pressure. It's not like Surface Pro is rated for IP resistance anyways. Shame though that the removal of headphone jack with SP9. This device so huge anyways and thick, it should have room for it anyways considering SP8 had it. It saves one USB-C port and bit of a money as well from buying and using a USB DAC.
@@moracabanas I love Europe. Even if the U.S or the other big consumer countries don't follow at least they can make a dent of the electronics industry if it isn't repairable. As a tech guy I would love for devices like tablets and laptops be something that can be upgraded or repurposed if they become obsolete.
An extremely positive step in the right direction. Hopefully the score will increase when all the guides and spare parts are released. Hopefully Microsoft will sell the SSD too. Would like to see Microsoft extend the warranty and lower the cost of repairs/ replacements. The other massive thing Microsoft can do is bundle the keyboard and pen with the Surface.
Huge props to MS for this one. Making a repairable tablet couldn't have been easy for them, and I'm sure lots of people don't even care that it is repairable, but it is definitely a step in the right direction. Shame they're always outdated and so expensive.
Yep, and companies should nor think too much that majority don't repair their own devices. Average consumers will actually gain with easy to repair devices, which means it will be cheaper to repair in the long run and help reduce the impact of E-waste, which is going to be a major crisis in the near future if we still dont address this.
@@Jayy997 for both really. It is absolutely true that last Gen hardware is perfectly capable of providing a good experience. In fact, one of my computers is running a 6th Gen Core i7 and a GTX 960, both of which are very much outdated. Both my main laptop and main desktop are also running on previous gen hardware. The problem is that Microsoft isn't marketing the Surface as a value or Economy device, but rather as a premium, high tech product, and they price them as such. When you're spending over $1000 on a computer that doesn't even come with a keyboard, it really stings when you realize it only comes with a Core i5, only 8GB of RAM, and only 256gb of storage. The fact that it's also a previous generation chip just adds insult to injury and it leaves me wondering where the extra cost went. And while it doesn't pertain to my original comment, the experience isn't really unique either. Devices like the Galaxy Book 2 360 from Samsung offer the same chip, same ram, same storage, better ports, include the keyboard and mouse, has better ergonomics, and is still very lightweight and portable, all while costing $150 less. The only aspect where the surface has an advantage is the display since the Book 2 only has a 1080p screen, although it is OLED.
@@MrFastFox666 the Surface Pro has double the resolution and is a 120hz screen which would add considerable expense. It arguably also has superior design in every part of the device but especially in the integration and usability of key features like pen. Good design doesn’t come cheap and as you have demonstrated, is often overlooked in favour of raw specs
@@evilj Yeah I think there’s a reason that the Surface Laptop 5 no longer has an AMD option, despite their chips being better than intel’s in pretty much every way
@@ared18t exactly. They don’t exist because majority of people or corporations only buy Intel. I know a few people who refuse to buy AMD desktop because Intel is “reliable”. Try to convince them to buy AMD laptop.
BRAVO!!! This is such a huge win! Makes me wanna go out and buy one. I don't need a table right now, but boy if I ever do this will be the one to go, no questions asked.
We own a computer repair shop in Charlotte area and stopped working on the Surface series a few years back after we ate a couple of them. Good to see they are more repairable now.
Look at 3:20 where you can see the back of the display. The space underneath the battery is taken up by the PCB strip on the back of the display. On the other hand, the Samsung note 7 teaches us about putting as big of a battery as possible into tight spaces, and since most battery packs are available only in rectangular sizes, many internal structure geometry restricts how big the battery can be. The left side of the battery is also taken up by the space for the removable SSD.
I wish they'd make it easier to replace the battery without having to remove the screen though. Maybe by removing a few screws under the folding stand would be the ideal place. Batteries are consumable products and should be treated as such.
as a computer technician and an IT consultant, I've been telling every customer to stay away from Microsoft Surfaces ever since it was first introduced due to the fact that they are unrepairable. I myself have never wanted to buy a Surface for the same reason. Now having watched this, I've taken notice and may change my mind about the Surface. If they make them more repairable, I'll stop telling my customers to avoid the Surfaces.
Does anyone know whether Microsoft will be making the spare parts available to individuals? Or will it just be for businesses/certain approved repair shops? Either way, these changes in design are a big stride for them to make. It's great to see!
Hopefully it can be still purchased by individuals. I guess this could be just a disclaimer that if individual break their devices, it wont be covered by the warranty doing DIY repairs. Which for me is fine, it is my responsibility as a user to take care when doing the repair process. Any consumers that are not comfortable doing the reapir on their own is better of pay the professionals to do it for them.
Good to know this. For me this initiative of Microsoft made their tablet a serious candidate for an internet, e-mail and office node. So I'll wait untill Microsoft produces their guides and have their spear parts for sale.
Yeah, as nice as it might be to have a daughterboard for the usb c ports, that adds manufacturing complexity to it. Still would be great. I do hope they continue to improve ease of repair with atleast an alternative access panel to the battery and yeah, a daughterboard for the usb c thunderbolt ports.
Just got my surface pro 9.....looking back at where it all started....what a leap we have made in 10 years....cheers...oh and I got this exact forest green with colour matched type cover and slim pen 2 bundle
I think 7 is too high. I think a 5 would have been fair, 6 max. Even with the spare parts, it's a 7. It could be an 8, if you could remove the screen without having to melt the glue.
Not too bad! Hopefully in the future manufacturers can figure out a way to avoid the screen attached with adhesive. Maybe some type of integrated back bracket that comes with the screen instead of only that adhesive linking the two pieces together. That way the adhesive itself can be a lot weaker or even just some type of water ingress protection gasket instead. I actually like seeing screws visible on the bottom of devices and I assume others do as well, so making it screw-less looking shouldn't be such a design consideration these days.
@@philipw pulling screen from the clips sounds dangerous. And I think just clips and screws can results in heavy dust accumulation issues. I think having bezels which hold the screen is the only alternative to gum.
@@landinobin4835 the dust problem can easily be fixed with non adhesive gum. A rear bracket with standoff that get screwed in from the other side, and some padding to fill any gap left after tightening the screws should be enough to make it more repair friendly.
All the old iPhones had screws to hold down the screen, everything since then has been physically "locked down" for manufacturers to monopolize the repair bills.
It may make easier for specialized repair shops to fix it - which is great. But the need of special hardware as a heat pad to remove a fragile thing as the screen is still a huge barrier for those who are I to DIY. They could very well make the access to the internal components from the rear of the tablet, using the good old screws...
The main problem with such tablet design is battery swell which may eventually happen and push the screen panel from inside resulting in physical damage. Intel's chips hotness will only speed up this process. From what I can see it's difficult to say if battery pack is inside hard case.
As much as I like the easy SSD upgradability, I'm not sure about having the OS installed in that one SSD. I don't mind having a soldered SSD for the OS and leave the rear slot empty for additional self upgrade.
Hear me out: magnetic latches in the screen that open when you hold a magnet up to them to avoid glue and screws and clips back together like nothing has happened
Unfortunately it will not be in microsofts priority to make the screen replacement easier than it is, there's a reason why most tablets out there have glued screens.
I can’t believe how excited I was to see the battery was screwed down! It’s sad that that’s exciting on modern devices but I’m still more than happy to celebrate it
The only downside of using screws to fasten the battery compared to stretch-release adhesive is the need for a metal frame which the battery need to be attached to. This is probably why the battery is slightly smaller than the Pro 8 last year, but I think most people will accept this compromise for the ease of replacement.
Judging by what you showed us, you still have to go through a terrifying screen removal in order to do any repairs I wouldn't give this repair anything above a five until that screen is easier to be removed or the internals are easier to access without having to mess with the screen.
How do you propose the screen on a tablet should be removed and attached? Using adhesives for tablet screens is industry standard and it is clearly easier than all previous devices and have been made as easy as possible.
@@eduardoizquierdo309 Exposed row of screws will never be something visually pleasing enough for the Surface design team unfortunately. It's just a compromise the make and if that level of servicibility is something you care about you just wont be able to get Surface or Ipads or most other tablets out there.
@@fjjwfp7819 There's literally a hinge they can hide screws under.. like my dell does.. which uses screws and clips and no glue.. and has no exposed screws.. at all.
Unfortunately it's not very realistic for a tablet, hopefully for laptops they will do that. They did it with the SSD precisely because the use the tiny 2230 form factor.
[Note: I copied my reply from other comment since it is the same detail I provided.] Upgradable RAM might not be happened since Microsoft already stated that it could lead to security breach from swapping RAM module. While, it makes almost zero sense (myself included), but it is their reason nonetheless.
Does this improvement in repairability also apply to the Surface Pro 8? The 8 has the easily removable hard drive as demonstrated in this video. Does it share the other repairability improvements?
That screw-down battery is ingenious. Good riddance to glue. Great to see the screen is a bit easier to remove now. I killed my Pro 3's screen trying to replace the battery because it was such a nightmare to remove.
Jeez the inside of this looks like the original ipad pro, tons of empty space! Like you could easily fit a 15-20% larger battery inside the surface pro 9.
I returned my surface pro 8 for this exact reason. Specially since the battery life was 4-5h to begin with. Now I want this! Too expensive tho. And still hard to take the screen off safely
Hello, what about Surface Pro 8? I bought a second-hand one and while using it on battery power alone it's pretty ok, but if I connect it to a dock it will start heating up and the fan will be running at full speed forever. Is the Surface Pro 8 also a good fit for repairs and what could be the causes of the overheating and the extreme fan noise?
So this goes for the Surface Pro 8 also? The 8 and 9 are almost identical. I have the Pro8 with i5 and 16gb, would be cool if it can be repaired In case it breaks down in a couple of years.
It's interesting to see a heatpipe connecting the battery to the fan Perhaps the computer's internal temperature get's so high it's necessary to prolong the lifespan of the battery?
I never thought that I'd see an upgradeable and repairable Surface tablet in my lifetime.
My Surface Laptop died. Not repairable. Will never spend a lot of money on a laptop again.
@@robertanewman7229 Good for you.
Europe's new laws forcing repairability and replacement parts for any tech from now on
Yep finally a good direction forward, hoping all Surface products will be the same. It will be nicer if the display assembly in the near future will only involve removing screws and not adhesive, just some rubber gaskets to seal the device through screw pressure. It's not like Surface Pro is rated for IP resistance anyways.
Shame though that the removal of headphone jack with SP9. This device so huge anyways and thick, it should have room for it anyways considering SP8 had it. It saves one USB-C port and bit of a money as well from buying and using a USB DAC.
@@moracabanas I love Europe. Even if the U.S or the other big consumer countries don't follow at least they can make a dent of the electronics industry if it isn't repairable. As a tech guy I would love for devices like tablets and laptops be something that can be upgraded or repurposed if they become obsolete.
A Surface tablet is finally a viable option for my next portable PC. Hopefully the ARM version is also going to be as repairable.
It should be the same design as the intel version
An easy to teardown arm device would be a godsend.
The ARM version have a similar design
@@fjjwfp7819 If only the Intel version had a 5G modem
This is exactly what I was thinking. I bet the ARM will be different.
Man, what a difference a few years makes! And dang, that SSD swap 🤯
Great to see a company that is serious about repairability.
An extremely positive step in the right direction. Hopefully the score will increase when all the guides and spare parts are released. Hopefully Microsoft will sell the SSD too. Would like to see Microsoft extend the warranty and lower the cost of repairs/ replacements. The other massive thing Microsoft can do is bundle the keyboard and pen with the Surface.
It's pretty easy to find bundle deals for Surface devices throughout the year.
Huge props to MS for this one. Making a repairable tablet couldn't have been easy for them, and I'm sure lots of people don't even care that it is repairable, but it is definitely a step in the right direction. Shame they're always outdated and so expensive.
Yep, and companies should nor think too much that majority don't repair their own devices. Average consumers will actually gain with easy to repair devices, which means it will be cheaper to repair in the long run and help reduce the impact of E-waste, which is going to be a major crisis in the near future if we still dont address this.
Are you buying a device for the sheer most cutting-edge specs or the best experience? One is worth more than the other.
@@Jayy997 for both really. It is absolutely true that last Gen hardware is perfectly capable of providing a good experience. In fact, one of my computers is running a 6th Gen Core i7 and a GTX 960, both of which are very much outdated. Both my main laptop and main desktop are also running on previous gen hardware.
The problem is that Microsoft isn't marketing the Surface as a value or Economy device, but rather as a premium, high tech product, and they price them as such. When you're spending over $1000 on a computer that doesn't even come with a keyboard, it really stings when you realize it only comes with a Core i5, only 8GB of RAM, and only 256gb of storage. The fact that it's also a previous generation chip just adds insult to injury and it leaves me wondering where the extra cost went.
And while it doesn't pertain to my original comment, the experience isn't really unique either. Devices like the Galaxy Book 2 360 from Samsung offer the same chip, same ram, same storage, better ports, include the keyboard and mouse, has better ergonomics, and is still very lightweight and portable, all while costing $150 less. The only aspect where the surface has an advantage is the display since the Book 2 only has a 1080p screen, although it is OLED.
@@MrFastFox666 the Surface Pro has double the resolution and is a 120hz screen which would add considerable expense. It arguably also has superior design in every part of the device but especially in the integration and usability of key features like pen. Good design doesn’t come cheap and as you have demonstrated, is often overlooked in favour of raw specs
The galaxy book has a much better pen.
Okay, surprisingly it's a good, repairable tablet. I hope it eventually gets an AMD option to improve battery life on x86, I'm considering buying that
I would LOVE to see AMD as well, but I suspect that while people SAY they want AMD, the sales figures show otherwise.
@@evilj Yeah I think there’s a reason that the Surface Laptop 5 no longer has an AMD option, despite their chips being better than intel’s in pretty much every way
@@evilj Correct. Enthusiasts may want AMD but the people who actually buy Surface devices - enterprise and government - want Intel.
@@eviljbruh I can't even find an AMD laptop with the CPU I want it's next to impossible to get one.
@@ared18t exactly. They don’t exist because majority of people or corporations only buy Intel. I know a few people who refuse to buy AMD desktop because Intel is “reliable”. Try to convince them to buy AMD laptop.
BRAVO!!! This is such a huge win! Makes me wanna go out and buy one. I don't need a table right now, but boy if I ever do this will be the one to go, no questions asked.
Holy crap! That’s what I like to see! I wonder what other companies will follow Microsoft’s lead!
"Microsoft's lead"
The real MVP here is Framework and their laptops.
@@BaconFaceMcGee I don't understand your question.
@@GeoStreber I understand what your first comment means now.
Doubt Apple will... Can't even change a battery without functionality loss and warnings. Exactly why I refuse to ever buy an apple product.
@@RejectedManiac You do have a point.
Nice! Next step: screwed in screen instead of glue (they maybe could have the screws through the border or the tablet)
You'd love the Dell Latitude 7320 detachable
It's not possible to do that. The technology is not there yet.
We own a computer repair shop in Charlotte area and stopped working on the Surface series a few years back after we ate a couple of them. Good to see they are more repairable now.
This is awesome! Finally can recommend surfaces again to friends and family
Screws not glues, battery ftw! 💪💥👍
I surprized it has so much space inside. It seems the battery could be bigger
Those blank spaces though
Look at 3:20 where you can see the back of the display. The space underneath the battery is taken up by the PCB strip on the back of the display. On the other hand, the Samsung note 7 teaches us about putting as big of a battery as possible into tight spaces, and since most battery packs are available only in rectangular sizes, many internal structure geometry restricts how big the battery can be. The left side of the battery is also taken up by the space for the removable SSD.
I wish they'd make it easier to replace the battery without having to remove the screen though. Maybe by removing a few screws under the folding stand would be the ideal place. Batteries are consumable products and should be treated as such.
Yeah, an access hatch from the back, underneath the kickstand would be cool, but it would also add to the complexity, adding to the cost.
Why is there so much wasted space that could’ve been occupied by batteries…
as a computer technician and an IT consultant, I've been telling every customer to stay away from Microsoft Surfaces ever since it was first introduced due to the fact that they are unrepairable. I myself have never wanted to buy a Surface for the same reason. Now having watched this, I've taken notice and may change my mind about the Surface. If they make them more repairable, I'll stop telling my customers to avoid the Surfaces.
Does anyone know whether Microsoft will be making the spare parts available to individuals? Or will it just be for businesses/certain approved repair shops?
Either way, these changes in design are a big stride for them to make. It's great to see!
Hopefully it can be still purchased by individuals. I guess this could be just a disclaimer that if individual break their devices, it wont be covered by the warranty doing DIY repairs. Which for me is fine, it is my responsibility as a user to take care when doing the repair process.
Any consumers that are not comfortable doing the reapir on their own is better of pay the professionals to do it for them.
Battery change is still very hard to do at home I feel because of the screen
Really great improvement on repairability sector!
Good to know this. For me this initiative of Microsoft made their tablet a serious candidate for an internet, e-mail and office node. So I'll wait untill Microsoft produces their guides and have their spear parts for sale.
USB-C post is soldered to the mother board , right ?? This is very bad for reparably
Yeah, as nice as it might be to have a daughterboard for the usb c ports, that adds manufacturing complexity to it. Still would be great.
I do hope they continue to improve ease of repair with atleast an alternative access panel to the battery and yeah, a daughterboard for the usb c thunderbolt ports.
@@MichaelBTryntake framework laptop as example
Just got my surface pro 9.....looking back at where it all started....what a leap we have made in 10 years....cheers...oh and I got this exact forest green with colour matched type cover and slim pen 2 bundle
Rookie question: Where does one get replacement adhesive for the screen and how easy is it to reinstall it?
Yeah, I've been searching for it online and there is no way to buy it LOL
Same question here. Anybody had luck getting the adhesive strips and the speaker mesh?
How different is the process compared to the Pro 8?
I think 7 is too high. I think a 5 would have been fair, 6 max. Even with the spare parts, it's a 7. It could be an 8, if you could remove the screen without having to melt the glue.
Nice video, I was waiting for this one! I was curious about Microsoft claiming that this Surface lineup being the most repairable one.
Not too bad! Hopefully in the future manufacturers can figure out a way to avoid the screen attached with adhesive. Maybe some type of integrated back bracket that comes with the screen instead of only that adhesive linking the two pieces together. That way the adhesive itself can be a lot weaker or even just some type of water ingress protection gasket instead. I actually like seeing screws visible on the bottom of devices and I assume others do as well, so making it screw-less looking shouldn't be such a design consideration these days.
They have!!! My dell tablet has these magical things called "screws" and "clips" which do it wonderfully, without any glue at all.
@@philipw 🤣
@@philipw pulling screen from the clips sounds dangerous. And I think just clips and screws can results in heavy dust accumulation issues.
I think having bezels which hold the screen is the only alternative to gum.
@@landinobin4835 the dust problem can easily be fixed with non adhesive gum. A rear bracket with standoff that get screwed in from the other side, and some padding to fill any gap left after tightening the screws should be enough to make it more repair friendly.
All the old iPhones had screws to hold down the screen, everything since then has been physically "locked down" for manufacturers to monopolize the repair bills.
Wow! Now this makes the Pro 9 the only one to get! You'll be able to extend its life for quite a while!!!
wow this is great... looks like they listened to your advice
It may make easier for specialized repair shops to fix it - which is great. But the need of special hardware as a heat pad to remove a fragile thing as the screen is still a huge barrier for those who are I to DIY. They could very well make the access to the internal components from the rear of the tablet, using the good old screws...
thumbs up for iFitxit. Ty for every effort you guys been doing to help improve user experience.
The main problem with such tablet design is battery swell which may eventually happen and push the screen panel from inside resulting in physical damage. Intel's chips hotness will only speed up this process. From what I can see it's difficult to say if battery pack is inside hard case.
Nice work iFixit's pro-team, It was like an official teardown by Microsoft.
As much as I like the easy SSD upgradability, I'm not sure about having the OS installed in that one SSD. I don't mind having a soldered SSD for the OS and leave the rear slot empty for additional self upgrade.
Does this also apply for Surface Pro 8? They look the same after all...
Hear me out: magnetic latches in the screen that open when you hold a magnet up to them to avoid glue and screws and clips back together like nothing has happened
Imac screen had that
Unfortunately it will not be in microsofts priority to make the screen replacement easier than it is, there's a reason why most tablets out there have glued screens.
I love you, iFixit! Bought your repair tools.
Ifixit is changing the world!!
I can’t believe how excited I was to see the battery was screwed down! It’s sad that that’s exciting on modern devices but I’m still more than happy to celebrate it
Microsoft deserves a gold star for making the battery easy to replace.
Still using surface pro 3 since release. So far so good! Keyboard, not so much.
THANK YOU FOR ADDING CAPTIONS 🙏
I recently bought a Surface Pro 9 with 5G, which came with a 128GB SSD. £74 and 5 minutes later, it has 2TB storage.
Well done iFixit for supporting Microsoft. And thankyou Microsoft.
How elegant work, as same as your shirts
That's definitely a huge improvement!
The only downside of using screws to fasten the battery compared to stretch-release adhesive is the need for a metal frame which the battery need to be attached to. This is probably why the battery is slightly smaller than the Pro 8 last year, but I think most people will accept this compromise for the ease of replacement.
If you search for problems you will always find them
I really wanted to know the Surface Pro 8 teardown...
Awsome fix it walkthrough of SP9
Judging by what you showed us, you still have to go through a terrifying screen removal in order to do any repairs I wouldn't give this repair anything above a five until that screen is easier to be removed or the internals are easier to access without having to mess with the screen.
How do you propose the screen on a tablet should be removed and attached? Using adhesives for tablet screens is industry standard and it is clearly easier than all previous devices and have been made as easy as possible.
Use screws from behind that attach to little standoffs glued to the rear of the screen
@@eduardoizquierdo309 I believe HP made a tablet using this method and it got a 10 out of 10 on the repair list
@@eduardoizquierdo309 Exposed row of screws will never be something visually pleasing enough for the Surface design team unfortunately. It's just a compromise the make and if that level of servicibility is something you care about you just wont be able to get Surface or Ipads or most other tablets out there.
@@fjjwfp7819 There's literally a hinge they can hide screws under.. like my dell does.. which uses screws and clips and no glue.. and has no exposed screws.. at all.
im new here, youve opened up a new world of information to me, god bless👍👍
If they could do what they did to the SSD to RAM that would be amazing
Unfortunately it's not very realistic for a tablet, hopefully for laptops they will do that. They did it with the SSD precisely because the use the tiny 2230 form factor.
[Note: I copied my reply from other comment since it is the same detail I provided.]
Upgradable RAM might not be happened since Microsoft already stated that it could lead to security breach from swapping RAM module.
While, it makes almost zero sense (myself included), but it is their reason nonetheless.
Most mobile devices even on laptops the RAM isn’t being upgradable anymore
A big reason why the RAM is soldered is for improved performance and efficiency.
@@mistamaog Does soldered ram run at higher transfer rates? Does it consume less power? I don't think so.
Wow I thought I’d never see the day. That cooling system is massive too
Ifixit you should do a tear down on asus rog z13 it would be nice.
Hola, cambié mi batería a una nueva y ahora la Surface Pro 6 sólo funciona conectada a la carga. NECESITO AYUDA 😢
Better to repair than my iPad Pro M1 for sure
Is Surface Pro 8 identical to Surface Pro 9? I cannot find the teardown of SF P8 anywhere :(
I have the same question.
Same
Why was the teardown skipped for the Surface Pro 8?
Nice. Like with the fancy clack you used to disassemble the iPhone 14, do you guys sell that heating mat?
That is a huge change for the better!
Does this improvement in repairability also apply to the Surface Pro 8? The 8 has the easily removable hard drive as demonstrated in this video. Does it share the other repairability improvements?
It seems like the 8 has been skipped for teardown videos and demonstrations.
1:59 Microsoft you did it. You crazy son of a b, you did it.
That screw-down battery is ingenious. Good riddance to glue. Great to see the screen is a bit easier to remove now. I killed my Pro 3's screen trying to replace the battery because it was such a nightmare to remove.
This will probably be my next tablet pc for sure!
According to iFixit, an average consumer has a heating pad in their house. ROFL iFixit.
Stop glueing the bloody screens. I am not going to swim with my tablet
Jeez the inside of this looks like the original ipad pro, tons of empty space! Like you could easily fit a 15-20% larger battery inside the surface pro 9.
Nice and professional video you got 10 out of 10 from me
The emphasis on those Ts that usually get softened or silenced is weird to me. But glad to see Microsoft is allowing better repairability.
I returned my surface pro 8 for this exact reason. Specially since the battery life was 4-5h to begin with. Now I want this! Too expensive tho. And still hard to take the screen off safely
gud to hear!
Is the Surface pro 8 teardown same as the 9?
Its nice that it can be done but still something that i would not want to do myself as a customer.
Can you guys tear down the new surface laptop 5 as well? Curious if the battery there is also screwed in.
Is the Surface pro 8 the same?
Why is no one tearing down the surface pro 8? Kinda curious tho. Couldn't find anything anywhere at all
I'm happy to see companies are moving away from the "don't fix this just buy a new one" mentality.
Is the surface pro 9 hardware upgradeable? Seen some tech coming out that would be interested to find a way to get them intergrated.
Why not have screws for screen too. Screws from behind so display looks clean.
Love the massive bezels.
kudos!
It's great that it comes with a replaceable SSD, but where do you find a new one? I've looked on Amazon and Newegg and all of them are used....
Hello, what about Surface Pro 8? I bought a second-hand one and while using it on battery power alone it's pretty ok, but if I connect it to a dock it will start heating up and the fan will be running at full speed forever. Is the Surface Pro 8 also a good fit for repairs and what could be the causes of the overheating and the extreme fan noise?
What was the Score on Surface Pro 8?
Really wish it had removable dimm slots or a 2280 slot for the ssd
i would like to see screws on the back holding the screen on.
So this goes for the Surface Pro 8 also?
The 8 and 9 are almost identical.
I have the Pro8 with i5 and 16gb, would be cool if it can be repaired In case it breaks down in a couple of years.
does anyone know what type of material is the battery cover and where I can get one in bulk? thank you.
Did you have to mangle the EMI shield on the display cable?
I’m curious to see why there’s so much empty space under the battery, seems like a waste unless there’s something I’m missing
How about Surface Pro 8?
Wish i had of seen this before my pro 8 purchase and consequential screen damage, expensive mistake it appears.
The ram upgrade ! Let me put 2 48gb ram sticks
Hi
Is the display of pro x and pro 9 same or is there some difference
Repairing surface laptop 2’s atm god I hate these things 😭😭
Nice!!! Hopefully I'll be able to buy a surface tablet in a few years :)
Start saving now :-)
For me, repairability starts at parts being available on ebay or aliexpress for cheap.
It's interesting to see a heatpipe connecting the battery to the fan
Perhaps the computer's internal temperature get's so high it's necessary to prolong the lifespan of the battery?
Nice Video, maybe you like to turn down the music volume. It is quit distracting