The other thing Surface does wrong is no Thunderbolt. I wouldn't buy a laptop without Thunderbolt ever again because being able to attach a new GPU extends its usefulness by years. I can still play games on my 2013 13" MBP using Thunderbolt 2, anything with 6+ cores and TB3 is going to be competent for a very long time.

Absolutely agree here. However the change from surface laptop 2 to surface laptop 3 made it a lot more repairable. Hopefully this years model will have an easily replaceable internal battery.

The Surface Book line is more akin to a tablet than a laptop as the guts of that machine are still in the screen, much like the Surface Pro. I don't think it's unreasonable that there isn't in the way of repairability given its tablet form factor.

Don't get me wrong, I'm disappointed myself in this product, but it doesn't take away from the successes elsewhere in the Surface product line.

when i bought my laptop, foremost on my list of features to look for was actually having the ability to open it up and replace parts (RAM, HD, Battery, etc).

Unfortunately, Microsoft went the same direction as Apple with the Surface Book (minimal to zero repairability).

It’s frustratingly hard to find a modern laptop with a replaceable battery. Which laptop did you get?

unfortunately, I was unable to find one with a replaceable battery. I, at least, got one with other replaceable parts, though. I got the HP ENVY 15z (Ryzen 2500u).

Thanks for letting me know. It’s so frustrating that laptops don’t have replaceable batteries these days as the batteries will last for much less time than the rest of the laptop. Plus, if you use your laptop plugged into the ac socket most the time like I do, this is not good for battery life and this could also be avoided if the battery was removable.