Don't even think about fixing the Microsoft Surface Book on your own

Microsoft Surface Book is one of the more interesting and innovative pieces of hardware to come out of the Redmond technology giant in at least a decade. It's also, apparently, one of the least repairable devices you can buy.

The teardown masters at iFixit got their hands on the coveted Windows 10 portable and did what they always do, tore it apart in an effort to measure repairability. In the process, they also learned a lot about what goes inside the laptop/tablet hybrid.

Windows device lead Panos Panay shared quite a bit with me about how Microsoft developed and designed the Surface Book, but he certainly didn’t get to this level of detail. Read more...