Do apple or anyone else offer this?
I agree that a non-replaceable battery is the very worst thing about the Surface and so many modern computers/phones/tablets.
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As a long-time Mac and iOS user, I'm really impressed with the Surface Pro.
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I agree that a non-replaceable battery is the very worst thing about the Surface and so many modern computers/phones/tablets.
I don't have any Apple products so I'm not sure, but from a google search it looks like they offer repairs? Not that they're super affordable but it's different than "we'll give you a completely different refurb unit because our devices are unrepairable":
https://support.apple.com/mac/repair/service
At any rate, what kinda kills things for me is the fact that there's no DYI option even for Surfaces, or at least it's prohibitively difficult. Nearly everything is glued together, which makes it extremely difficult to take apart and put back together. And with Microsoft themselves refusing to service their own devices, you're kinda just left with whatever ails your computer.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/201...pairable-ever-surface-laptop-is-made-of-glue/
Not to mention the sheer amount of E-waste this whole venture must be producing for Microsoft. Not that I'm extremely conscious about it (and I accept fault on that), but this in particular just seems uncomfortably excessive.
I'm heavily considering switching to something from the Lenovo line, where you can at least replace the battery without basically destroying the lappy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu9ydZqAyLA
My Surface Pro 3 was a workhorse in college. Sold it soon after though. Using it in my lap was never really viable unless I had room to put my knees up. I also never really liked using it in tablet mode. I loved taking notes by hand but after college that wasn't used anymore. The hardware was great. I think if I was going to do a surface product it'd be the book or laptop these days.
Been there done that with SP4. It's a great machine, no doubt.
If windows can get me a seamless texting experience like iMessage on MacOS, and a fully powered native terminal without nonsense like MacOS, then I'd be in.
Same reason I'm not into Linux -> no iMessage.
What's the best case scenario? MacBook with Windows partition lol.
If windows can get me a seamless texting experience like iMessage on MacOS, and a fully powered native terminal without nonsense like MacOS, then I'd be in.
Same reason I'm not into Linux -> no iMessage.
What's the best case scenario? MacBook with Windows partition lol.
macOS-tier Messaging/Phone calls/SMS/Facetime integration is never happening, but for a Terminal competitor, Powershell is getting pretty good these days I think
Trackpad and battery life are terrible on bootcamp, two important things on a laptop
