Shulou(Shulou.com)05/31 Report--

Microsoft announced a number of new Surface devices on Wednesday, but one thing you may miss is that some of them can be upgraded. Most Surface devices are not easy to upgrade or repair and have a low score on iFixit's repairable scale. For example, Surface Pro 6 has a score of 1, and Notebook 2 has a score of 0. However, Microsoft is trying to improve the maintainability department by making the new Surface Pro X and Surface Laptop 3 solid state drives upgradeable and easier to access-but this is Microsoft's effort.

On the Surface Pro X, the SSD is hidden behind the bracket and a small board can be ejected with the SIM card ejector. Under this logo, you will find the M.2 solid state drive, which can be released and removed. Microsoft tells us it's M.2 2230 SSD, which is smaller than most M.2 SSD, and it's not that easy to get-for example, you can't find one on Amazon or Newegg.

Watch my colleague Tom Warren quickly access the solid state drive in the following video:

Microsoft said the hard drive "cannot be moved by users" and should be replaced by trained Microsoft technicians. However, if you really want to try the replacement yourself, it seems you can do it-don't forget to prepare the right screwdriver for clubs and a way to load Windows into the new SSD and actually buy compatibility.

Surface Laptop 3 also seems to be easier to get into the device, but it seems to be more complex than the tablet on the Surface Pro X, and on the Microsoft event stage, Surface owner Panos Panay demonstrated how to use the right tools. You can remove the entire roof of the Surface laptop 3 to make full use of the internal parts of the computer.

However, like Surface Pro X, it turns out that only SSD can be replaced and can only be repaired by trained Microsoft technicians. Microsoft told The Verge,RAM that it was impossible to replace or upgrade at all.

IFixit CEO Kyle Wiens said in an interview with The Verge that although the ability to upgrade equipment is limited, this is still a big step forward. "it's a huge change for Microsoft's product line," he said, describing the previous Surface laptop as "making the worst laptop we've ever dismantled obscure." This is the one with a zero maintainability score. Microsoft's Surfaces upgrade "marks a major change in the intent behind the product, which I think is a very positive direction," he said.

Microsoft seems to be shooting at Apple.

Microsoft seems to have taken action against Apple by making it easier to upgrade new devices. Apple never allows you to upgrade iPad's memory chip, which makes it more and more difficult to use on laptops. Move to a location that initially looks like a proprietary solid state drive, and then weld the chip to the circuit board. Nowadays, if you want more memory or storage space in Apple products, although the SSD storage on Apple laptops is cheaper than before, you have to pay a fee when you buy the device for the first time.

Microsoft's repairable options pale in comparison with some Windows competitors, and notebooks such as Dell's XPS 15 allow you to replace RAM, SSD, batteries, and so on. By loosening the backplane. But we will do our best.

Welcome to subscribe "Shulou Technology Information " to get latest news, interesting things and hot topics in the IT industry, and controls the hottest and latest Internet news, technology news and IT industry trends.