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Single handedly? >According to iFixit, the Surface Laptop isn’t repairable at all. In fact, it got a 0 out of 10 for repairability and was labeled a “glue-fill
by GeekyBear 5y ago
Single handedly?
>According to iFixit, the Surface Laptop isn’t repairable at all. In fact, it got a 0 out of 10 for repairability and was labeled a “glue-filled monstrosity.”
The lowest scores previously were a 1 out of 10 for all previous iterations of the Surface Pro
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/251046-ifixit-labels-surface-laptop-glue-filled-monstrosity https://www.extremetech.com/computing/251046-ifixit-labels-s...
- davrosthedalek 5y agoAnd they get away with it because Apple normalized it.
- hh3k0 5y agoOne might argue that Surface laptops were Microsoft's answer to MacBooks.
- pb7 5y agoIf repairability was important to consumers, it would be a selling point for competitors. But it's not.
- paavohtl 5y agoIf Apple actually cared about sustainability, they would make their devices repairable.
- pb7 5y agoThey are repairable, but not by consumers in most cases.
- watermelon0 5y agoThey are mostly not repairable even by authorized repair providers. Basically, they can only change a few components (keyboard, display (with assembly), motherboard, and probably the aluminium case), but that's it.
- GeekyBear 5y agoYou literally cannot replace the battery in that Surface Laptop without destroying the whole thing. It's made to be thrown away, instead of repaired.