Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Sat Feb 23 22:55:21 CST 2013
Hi Hans: You must have a awfully weird cell phone. ;-) It looks like Apple has improved since the older models: http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/cracking-open-the-apple-iphone-5/6385769 My Samsung has a pop-off back and from there everything can be removed right up to the screen. Mind you if you have broken your screen you can either heat-gun the screen off or better yet take it to your service depot and let them do it. ;-) Obviously you haven't lived until you start pulling apart other laptops other than Apples... Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian Andersen Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 3:08 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [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 > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com