The Microsoft Surface Pro 2 Teardown Review

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Microsoft released the latest version of it's Surface line of tablets at midnight this last Tuesday... Well, not everybody is an early adopter, but we got our hands on a brand new Surface Pro 2. The last Surface Pro we tore down got an amazingly low repairability score, just a 1 out of 10, and we're dying to see if anythings changed in this newer version.

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Six years later and mine is still working perfectly.

John_Mack

The cables will shear because they're brittle from battery heat. Better to just take out the screws.

sve

You could do, why not? Why do you constantly need to upgrade for no reason? If all you do it word processing, email and web surfing not a lot of that is going to change in 5 years is it. But at least I see that the Surface Pro is the better then a new 13" Retina MacBook Pro, because one is a tablet design and expected to be glued, the other a glued together laptop.

marksapollo

Ya, no thanks... I needed to replace the battery on mine because it will only work when plugged in now. Sucks... Not worth possibly shattering the screen or cutting a cable.

NickHollenbeck

Hmm.. I like the Surface design, it's really nice but the amount of glue they have used is rather disturbing! When that battery can no longer hold a charge, you have to bin the computer.

marksapollo

So, what are you supposed to do when the fans get clogged with dust?

Kompost

Well, looks like I'm not replacing the battery in my SP2. I guess it just stays plugged in forever now.

uzimonkey

I thought this was going to be a VIDEO. This is a SLIDESHOW. Why didn't you film the process, as everyone was expecting.

jnkmal

Are you going to keep it for 5+ years without changing?

Icelndr

Wish it were easier to replace the battery. Alas, gotta do what I gotta do. Not upgrading my device on anyone's terms, screw that.

MrElectrifyer

Personally I'm a mac guy but great video

alexsappleorchard

I've been wavering on the Surface family, but this settles it. I won't bother!

Bluewirl

My take is that the Surface is a nice idea poorly executed. Mine just bricked. The SSD fried. And after looking around at 'how to open' vids I've decided that until they make a way to open it without peeling the screen of, it isn't a viable option. This is the first machine I can't take apart and service myself.

RoscoeJames

i assure the surfasse is neary indestructable, just drop it from the hood of my car at 60km/h and it survived. although the digitizer is broken.

hortalica

This tablet is not meant to be repaired by customers. Most of everything inside is custom designed by Microsoft specifically for the Surface. Even if they made it extremely easy to repair, its not like you can just go online and find a replacement motherboard, because no one but Microsoft has it, and Microsoft wont sell it to you.

FahdRiyami