Surface Laptop Studio Review Ended in DISASTER

The Surface Laptop Studio is a new premium windows machine from Microsoft. Too bad they didn't make it easier to open...

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:59 Display and design
2:11 Trackpad, keyboard, and I/O
4:55 Performance
7:32 Pencil shavings
8:59 Aesthetics and convertibility
10:38 Speakers and webcam, wherein Linus makes a bad joke
12:16 Pricing tiers
12:45 The Teardown Experience...
14:44 Internals
17:10 Conclusion

[Serachja]

You Sacrificed one surface laptop for the rest of the world to know where the hidden screw is. Thank you Linus!

[nogoat]

"My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined."

Mine too, Linus. You broke it without dropping it.

[OfficialMaxBox]

12:06 Truman starting to realize he's in a TV show

[pseudonymity]

The two hidden screws on the sides of the laptop are just evil.
Do you expect screws under the rubber feat, yes?
Do you expect there to be a screw under an obvious sticker? yes.
Do you expect there to be a veneer style sticker the same colour as the device, along the entire side, just to hide a screw? No. Never.

Its sole function is blatantly just to hide two screws in a way nobody would expect. Also, having the battery's glued to the bottom plate seems to ensure there is another point of failure if you open it up... it would have made zero difference if it was attached to the frame instead.

[patton]

Microsoft: *Starts a campaign to revamp its right to repair policies, thanks to investor demands.*

Surface Team: *Sweats Profusely*

[danieljensen]

Manufacturers be like: "With today's compact high performance electronics it's impossible to make them without hiding screws under stickers to prevent them from being user serviceable."

[zebbleganubi]

the recycled mouse thing seems almost pointless when you take into consideration how unrepairable their devices are. maybe they get 1 point for the surface pro 8 having an upgradeable ssd, but mostly they are nudging people to upgrade to new devices every few years, which means you are selling off your old device and eventually someone will have no more use for it and it will be dumped or if youre lucky then maybe recycled. theres too much focus on recycling anyway. they should be working on ways to help you keep the same device for years on end while swapping out parts. recycling bits of ocean plastic? bitch please

[FerralVideo]

The irony that this device is actually "relatively repairable" by Surface standards.
My Surface 3 is basically e-waste when its RAM, battery, and SSD aren't enough anymore. Both are soldered on, and getting into this thing is a NIGHTMARE.

[TheQuickBrickWalker]

"you'll have a website up in a matter of hours, maybe even less if your standards are as low as ours." Gotta love the sponsor spots on LTT vids.

[gamebuster]

every time i try to pull something apart and get frustrated by hidden screws, i'll just think of this video and i'll feel better that i'm not alone. Thank you Linus

[alfonsomurolo]

“We are never ever ever.. putting it back together” -Taylor swift tips

[Justacidity]

Please continue doing teardown in the reviews, it is priceless info to know if you can upgrade it or not

[aranjaysharma]

The good old Linus, breaks everything

[ElijahChan]

Linus is testing if Microsoft's statement about right to repair is true

[leojei]

16:57 MS: “Linus is now an authorized repair technician” for fixing the chassis with sheer force of his grip.

[andrewsprojectsinnovations]

"No user serviceable parts inside." Translation: E-waste in 5 years!

[JohnDoe-svjc]

Alex's informants set him up
Alex: "They told me four"
Linus: "Anthony, Dennis, grab him!"

[luizestilo]

13:10 _“Here's an idea Microsoft, if the provided instructions are so important, why don't you provide it to everyone”_

Lmao, what a burn

[JoseDiaz-qwmg]

Didn’t MS said in 2019 that they would commit their surface devices to be serviceable? This is a 180 of that 180…

[ManWithBeard]

Hidden screws aside, having the battery on the base is pretty neat. If it had some sort of connector that immediately disconnects the battery so you can work on the laptop safely... That'd just be perfect. May be an idea for Framework laptops to implement in the future.