Microsoft’s ‘ultimate laptop’, the Surface Book, is going to be a handful if you attempt to repair it yourself, reports reveal. Touted by most critics as a supreme device leading an evolution of laptops, it also just received a rather embarrassing score of 1/10 by ifixit.com concerning how it might be put back together if something goes wrong.

The design of the Surface Book is one of its most charming features, but according to ifixit, that also means it’s an absolute nightmare to take apart. Firstly, getting into the Surface Book is extremely difficult as apparently Microsoft used plenty of glue to fix down the cover, batteries and screen, along with the all the screws and soldering used for other parts of the machine.

“Getting this thing out is going to be challenging,” says ifixit, relating to the “sprawling” motherboard. The motherboard is placed upside down with many of the components on the underside of it. Just getting to a component, the site says, is a very daunting task.

Rounding-up why the Surface Book gets the worst score on ifixit’s fixability scale, it says that following a tricky opening procedure, “The display assembly consists of a fused glass panel and LCD, and it’s difficult to remove and replace.” The site goes on to add that the, “Processor and RAM are soldered to the motherboard”, adding again that strong adhesive holds many of the components in place.

The conclusion: if you want to take the Surface Book apart don’t bother, instead it’s probably better to take advantage of your warrantee. As it also looks like Microsoft might be opening more flagship stores, and has said it will fix any devices running Windows 10, more customer support is on its way.

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