Microsoft’s new Surface devices are easier to repair than ever before

The caller Surface Pro 10 for Business is easier to repair. | Image: Microsoft

Microsoft is making it easier to work and repair its new Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 devices. The bundle elephantine is adding QR codes connected the interior components of some caller Surface devices, alongside interior markings connected the Surface Pro 10 for Business, to marque it easier to place the screws and operator types for definite components.

“They person casual serviceability with wide ocular icons and built-in repair instructions,” explains Nancie Gaskill, wide manager of the Surface business, successful an interrogation with The Verge. These changes marque the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 the “most easy serviceable Surface devices ever,” according to Gaskill.

On the Surface Pro 10, you’ll beryllium capable to regenerate the pursuing components:

• Display module
• Removable SSD
• Battery
• Motherboard (including processor and RAM)
• Surface Connect port
• Thermal module
• Microphone module
• Solid-state thrust door
• Speakers
• Enclosure (bucket)
• Front camera
• Rear camera
• Power and measurement buttons
• Kickstand

The Surface Laptop 6 replaceable parts database includes the show assembly, keyboard, SSD, battery, motherboard, Surface Connect port, thermal module, audio jack, speakers, touchpad, enclosure, and feet.

Image: Microsoft QR codes tin beryllium recovered connected the wrong of some of Microsoft’s caller Surface devices.

Microsoft has been connected a multiyear ngo to amended the repairability of its Surface devices aft iFixit labeled the archetypal Surface Laptop a “glue-filled monster” successful 2017 and gave it a repairability people of zero. Microsoft improved repairability connected the Surface broadside initially with the Arm-powered Surface Pro X successful 2019, with a removable SSD and much modular components.

iFixit yet teamed up with Microsoft to commencement selling authoritative Surface repair tools successful 2021, and Microsoft’s Surface Pro 9, released successful 2022, was more repairable than ever, with an iFixit people of 7 retired of 10.

Microsoft isn’t unsocial successful its repairability focus. Lenovo worked with iFixit recently to marque immoderate ThinkPads easier to repair. The SSD and RAM slots are intelligibly marked wrong Lenovo’s latest ThinkPad laptops, and determination are QR codes and indicators that constituent to the screws you’ll request to remove.