Microsoft released its latest version of
the surface tablets at midnight this
last Tuesday well not everyone's an
early adopter but we got our hands on
the brand new surface pro 2 the last
surface pro we tore down got an
amazingly low repairability score just
one out of ten and we're dying to see if
anything's changed in the newer version
hi I'm Gwen Dillon with iFixit and today
we take a look inside the Microsoft
Surface pro 2 the surface pro 2 looks
exactly like the surface pro released
earlier this year with the exception of
the added angle to the kickstand the
surface pro 2 measures in at 275 by 173
and is 13 millimeters thick it weighs in
at a hefty 907 grams and has a 10-point
six-inch ClearType Full HD display with
the resolution of 1920 by 1080 and a
pixel density of 208 pixels per inch
our teardown started easily enough with
just a few screws removed we were able
to get the kickstand off but then we hit
a roadblock after a couple of
unsuccessful attempts to open the
surface pro 2 using our eye opener we
gave up and dug out our heat gun this is
some serious adhesive several minutes of
heat gunning and a whopping 21 pics
later we're able to finally open our
surface on the inside it doesn't look
like much has changed from the previous
generation of service pros there is a
subtle difference in the motherboard
color I guess it's for the seasons it's
released green for spring blue for
winter after 52 screws and 1 hand cramp
later we're able to give the motherboard
out now we can get our first look at the
beautiful removable SSD this time around
microsoft ships from a micron Marvell
SSD to one running only hynek's chips
the Microsoft Surface pro 2's processor
also got a nice upgrade from a third
generation to a fourth-generation i5
processor finally we turn our sights on
to the battery that is you guessed it
glued on to the rear case I guess they
ran out of screws with the motherboard
this battery is the same 42 watt hour
5000 676 milliamp hour battery we saw
earlier this year however when paired
with the power management skills of the
has well I 5 chip the tablet will drink
slower we've come to the end of our
teardown which means it's time to talk
repairability
and I fix it our mission is to teach
people how to repair everything so we
give every gadget we tear down a repair
ability score between one and ten ten
being the easiest to repair and one
being the most difficult the Microsoft
Surface pro 2 got a 1 out of 10 and
here's why
on the upside the battery is not
soldered to the motherboard and the SSD
is removable but you risk killing your
tablet by trying to open it and on the
downside the display assembly is
extremely difficult to replace there's a
ton of adhesive holding everything in
place including the display and the
battery and lastly unless you perform
the opening procedure 100% correctly
chances are you'll share one of the four
cables surrounding the display perimeter
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