[dba-Tech] Repairing the Surface Pro

I've never met a cell phone that is serviceable. Never since my first cellphone in 1996...

40 screws on a laptop? The last laptop I took apart only had 8.

Best regards,
Hans-Christian Andersen


On 23 Feb 2013, at 09:04, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi John:
> 
> PITA, you will have disagreement from me. 
> 
> The last note book I took apart had a good 40 screws and 8 different sizes
> and that was just to remove the back. I always lay a sheet of graph paper
> out on the desk and draw and number all the holes given the associated screw
> codes, making note of the disassembly order as there is no standard and try
> to remember to pay special attention so as not to lose those little plastic
> wedges.
> 
> I would like to think that these new tablets should be at least as
> serviceable as any cell phone.
> 
> Jim 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 3:10 PM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Repairing the Surface Pro
> 
> For what you get for the price versus a high end Android Tablet or an iPad I
> think I would still prefer the Surface. None of the are easy to do anything
> with. Although they are serviceable notebooks are a big PITA to work on too!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 2:50 PM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Repairing the Surface Pro
> 
> Hi All:
> 
> Here is an interesting article on the difficulties of repairing your Surface
> Pro. You wouldn't be taking it apart to add new memory, batteries, hard
> drives or even just cleaning out dust from the ventilation ports.
> 
> How bad is it?...It is being compared to the Ultrabook which has been called
> the most unrepairable piece of equipment on the market.
> 
> http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/cracking-open/difficult-to-repair-surface-p
> ro-built-more-like-an-ultrabook-than-a-tablet/938?tag=nl.e101&s_cid=e101&tta
> g=e101
> 
> This article might be well worth saving for those purchasing such a product.
> 
> Jim
> 
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