Given the latest news from those who have access to the latest Surface Pro ultraportable and Surface Laptop computer, anyone familiar with Apple’s attitude to user upgrades and repairs will see an echo in Redmond’s hardware strategy. In the case of 2017’s Surface Pro the one element that was potentially repairable from the Surface Pro 4 was the SSD. The Surface Laptop is even more awkward for repairing. Microsoft’s designs are comparable to Apple’s latest machines. The latest Surface hardware releases signal that Microsoft is heading down the same road.

Source: Forbes June 19, 2017 00:00 UTC