When we talk about iFixit disassemblies we always look at the score that these geniuses of the «scalpel» give to the products that pass by your table, in this case we have the worst score obtained by a computer that we have seen, a 0 out of 10. It is increasingly evident that the equipment we buy has a limited life or may represent a high cost in the event of a breakdown in the future, but this new Microsoft equipment overcomes any of these problems and the purchase of these would be directly discouraged from unless it is a real need ...
The exploded view carried out by iFixit shows a truly spectacular interior in terms of design and miniaturization of the components, but also an excess of glue and solder for all parts of this. This means that any out of warranty breakdown will force you to pay a good sum of money if it does not directly force you to throw the equipment away.
The CPU, RAM and SSD are soldered to the motherboard, if we look at the detail of the headphone jack (as well explained on the iFixit website) we see that it is a modular part of it but to be able to change it you need to remove: the heatsink, the fan, the screen and the motherboard of the same, so this sums up the impossibility of repairing something on this Microsoft Surface Laptop.
Clarify that at no time do we see bad progress in technology and that current equipment has these thin and light designs, but it is logical to admit that we are on a path of no return in this sense and we would have to start working to make these equipment better in terms of possible repairs or replacement of components. It's no longer just swapping out the RAM or the option to expand capacity with a larger SSD, we are talking about the possibility of changing the battery which is one of the components that determine the real life of computers, on Macs to date, everyone has the option of "affordable" exchange for a professional and on this Microsoft surface we cannot say the same.
All the details of this breakdown are available in the iFixit website.