Now, a several ribbon cables run along the lower edge will need to start at the panel's upper left corner and work our way around. To get inside this tablet, you'll need to break out the heat gun. Unfortunately, it's also much more difficult to disassemble and service.Īs with the RT, the first step in cracking open the Surface Pro is removing the kickstand.īut unlike the RT, the Pro has no external screws. Well-built and feels sturdy in your hands. Now, given its laptop-like hardware, it's not surprising that the Surface weighs hefty 2 pounds, which is significantly more than other tablets. In a statement to CNET, Microsoft said that out of the box, the 64 GB Pro only has 23 GB of available storage.

The Surface Pro comes in 64 and 128 GB models and I strongly recommend getting the larger one. On the inside, it has a 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU with HD 4000 graphics, 4 GB of 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM and a 42 watt-hour It has stereo speakers, a micro SD card slot, full sized USB 3 port, a mini display port and two 720p cameras. The 10.6-inch display has a true 16 by 9 aspect ratio and resolution of 1920 by 1080. I'm Bill Detwiler and this is Cracking Open.įrom a hard work standpoint, Microsoft Surface Pro is more like an Ultrabook or convertible laptop then a tablet. Unfortunately, they also made the device nearly impossible for an end-user or even an in-house tech to service and repair. When Microsoft built the Surface Pro, they packed the power of an Ultrabook in the body of a tablet.

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