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Forums - PC - Surface Pro 2, DIY Repairability 1/10......

Thing has 90+ screws and adhesive everywhere lol, you can swap battery and SSD Pretty easily is about it.  Awesome.....

 

 

Source: 

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Microsoft+Surface+Pro+2+Teardown/18604/1



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So, no source?



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  • Ps4

 

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Nobody gives a crap about repairability in a tablet.



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kowenicki said:

Same as iPad, Sony Xperia tablets and most other tablets and smartphones then?

Good to know its really well made and put together.

Your point is?


Really bro? You are gonna come and post in a thread in the PC section on something you know nothing about?

 

BTW iPads are 6/10, later gens are 2.



famousringo said:
Nobody gives a crap about repairability in a tablet.


uh, plenty of people do, I mod them once they are out of warranty.



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kowenicki said:

Same as iPad, Sony Xperia tablets and most other tablets and smartphones then?

Good to know its really well made and put together.

Your point is?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zczfTnBFqtA

Other than adhesive used on the back cover and lcd to digitizer and support frame (replaced as a whole single unit) everything else is removable by a relatively low number of screws, and yet the build quality is extremely good.



Sucks for those 1% who like to repair their own stuff... I mean who owns a heatgun to remove glue inside those devices?



 

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NiKKoM said:
Sucks for those 1% who like to repair their own stuff... I mean who owns a heatgun to remove glue inside those devices?


The 1% that like to fix their own stuff, heat guns are cheap