Watch for battery life when buying older Surface devices. Replacing batteries in the older Surface Pros is notoriously difficult, because apparently the whole assembly is glued together.
Thank you very much for the heads up!
Newer versions are apparently more repairable, but you’ll have to investigate where that cut-off line of repairability is.
It looks like an attempt at heading in the direction of repairability started with the Surface Pro 9, but it’s still quite involved [1][2].
References1. “Surface Pro 9 Teardown: The Most Repairable Surface In Years”. iFixit. Youtube. Published: 2022-11-10 (Accessed: 2024-08-26T02:28Z). www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGP1pO8nGDc. 2. “Microsoft Surface Pro 9 Repair”. Clay Eickemeyer, Spencer Day. iFixit. Published: 2024-03-30 (Accessed: 2024-08-26T02:30Z). www.ifixit.com/Guide/…/165163.