The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortage in school computers

Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by Shared404 on Sunday September 06, 2020 @11:06PM (#24396298)

> On another note, Microsoft Surface laptop is unrepairable - https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2....

Not just the laptop. The entire surface line is a nightmare to try to work on. Recently, I was doing a "simple" repair on a Surface Keyboard -- just trying to flatten out some dents from the inside, so the power port would fit in right.

It took 4+ hours -- to get it open. After that, it took another 15-20 min to remove the mobo on the inside, 30 to try to fix the dents, 15-20 to put the mobo back in, and another 10-20 to get the back on again.

All for a repair which may or may not actually work, because MS doesn't sell parts.

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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by abawany on Monday September 07, 2020 @01:44AM (#24396893)

iFixit gave the latest Surface a fairly decent reparability rating. I was surprised to see how much more improved the teardown was compared to the mess of the earlier versions.

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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by Shared404 on Monday September 07, 2020 @02:15AM (#24397016)

Interesting. I'll have to check that out.

Thanks for letting me know.

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