Microsoft Surface Pro gets worst possible reparability rating from iFixit

St1ckM4n · Feb 14, 2013

tipstir said: ↑

Pro for reference, still priced too high.

Pro should be priced at $600
RT should be priced at $300

The internal storage needs to be at 320GB where most laptop and netbooks are at.
Pro 64GB and 128GB based on NAND storage
Pro 4GB for RAM, again this should a min of 8GB and higher 16GB (cost and profits again causing them to go lower in RAM)

Anyway first GEN RT and first GEN Pro I'll wait until they get it up to where I would shell out more for the Surface. Right now I'll put it on hold. A Company called SKYTEX released S970 SKYLAB with Dual core Atom 1.5GHz, 2GB of RAM and real 320GB HD in their Windows tablet which I got Windows 8 on there. Of course that is heavy 2.6 and battery dies in less than 3 months it goes DUFF (dead) has to be replaced that's there defect. Replacing that battery requires you to take the tablet a part. That's 9.7" with dual USB 2.0, full HDMI port.

Ehh? Where are you getting these prices and specs from?

The prices you mention are well below any other rubbish i3 laptops. And whats the point of a mechanical hard drive on a device designed to be light, fast, battery-friendly?

I mean, I'd love if the RT was $300, but comparing to the rest of the market these are just way too low.

gibbstar · Feb 15, 2013

kamisama said: ↑

tipstir said: ↑

Give it time for the Surface or better to come out with better internals. Surface still over price tablet for Windows client operating system.

Which one? The RT or the PRO?

I wouldn't call the PRO overpriced compared to tablets, since it's quite a bit more than a tablet. Take the horsepower under the hood into account and it's actually fairly cheap. A surface pro walks all over any tablet out there in pure performance, and can run legacy software.

It simply doesn't compare to other tablets, it's in a league of it's own.

The RT in my opinion is just throwing away money.

exactly how I feel about it. the RT is just another tablet, with limited functionality between a laptop and a smartphone, whereas the Pro combines the best of the tablet and laptop worlds into a lightweight, yet powerful device for its size and cost.
tipstir, your fantasy prices are nice to daydream about, but they are nowhere near realistic for the hardware list that the Pro comes with, not to mention making it that small always jacks the price up a bit more vs pc or even laptop prices.

RmandsDC · Feb 17, 2013

ikesmasher said: ↑

I will for several hundred thousand dollars needed to design a widely used product.

haha, sorry I yesterday went bankrupt, didn't mean to hate or whatever...

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