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Understandably reluctant to part with any cash for further fondleslabs, having had two suffer a similar fate, our reader demurred, and still has the Surface 3 as a souvenir of the affair. We'd advise standing well back in case something... pops.
A Microsoft spokesperson told us: "We no longer manufacture the Microsoft Surface 3 and Microsoft Surface Pro 3 device; both devices have reached their 'End of Life' and as such are no longer supported. Microsoft Store policy is not to offer a trade in/trade up on any device which has reached its 'End of Life', however, on this occasion the exchange of the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 device was conducted out of courtesy by the Store Associates in London."
To emphasise the point, the spokesperson added: "The Microsoft Surface warranty period is one-year limited hardware warranty."Unfortunately, however, those batteries cannot easily be prised out of their glued-in prisons by any but expert fingers, meaning that an early demise of the battery will result in a premature trip to the recycling centre or hefty refurb bill if manufacturers like Microsoft stick to their rulebook.
It isn't a great look. Particularly since a fully loaded Surface Pro 6 will set a punter back the best part of $2k. Apple, of course, has battery problems of its own.iFixit editor Whitson Gordon told us: "We hear stories like this all too often, and the Surface Pro in particular is one of the least user-repairable devices around. Issues like this are why we think repairability is so important. It's not something most people think about when they buy a laptop, but when something goes wrong — and your device is out of warranty — it can make a huge difference."
Surface: Putting the "why, dear God, why?" in Wi-Fi
Battery woes aside, Surface owners have also found themselves at the sharp, pointy end of borked driver updates. Coming pretty much on the first anniversary of the infamous software update that left some Surface Pro 4 owners with inoperative touchscreens, and lengthy boot times, is another release via Microsoft that leaves Wi-Fi fubar.
The busted wireless support, first reported by Windows Latest, appears to be caused by Marvell driver version 15.68.17013.110, which is delivered by Windows Update with a cheery claim that it "improves Wi-Fi connectivity." Alas, judging by the growing number of complaints in Microsoft's support forum for the devices, that may not be entirely true for all users.
Some report being unable to connect to the 5GHz band on a Surface Book with the snookered driver. Others have found their Surface Pro and Pro 6 deaf to all Wi-Fi bands following the bad update. Fortunately all have been to roll back the driver, unlike many of the unfortunate Pro 4 users of last year.The Chuwi MiniBook is a convertible mini-laptop with an 8 inch touchscreen display and a 360 degree hinge, a backlit keyboard, and a fingerprint sensor.
It’s the first mini-laptop from Chuwi, a Chinese company that’s been selling cheap tablets, notebooks, and compact desktop computers for a few years.The folks at Chuwi sent me a pre-production prototype that I’ve been testing for the past few weeks, and there’s a lot I like about this compact laptop computer — and a few things that I find a little frustrating. But overall it’s a welcome addition to the mini laptop space.
While the MiniBook looks a lot like some of the other mini-laptops we’ve seen in the past year or two, there are a couple of things that make the Chuwi MiniBook distinct.For example, it’s almost the same size and shape as the One Mix 3 Yoga. But the Chuwi MiniBook has a webcam, which the One Mix Yoga does not (and the One Mix 3 Yoga supports a pressure-sensitive pen, which the MiniBook does not).
Chuwi is running an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for the MiniBook through August 19th and plans to ship the little computer to backers in September. Here’s how much you’ll pay if you order one of the following configurations before the campaign ends:The cheaper models only comes with eMMC storage, which is another thing that sets the MiniBook apart from the latest One Netbook and GPD devices. But it does help keep the costs down. And if you really want to add an SSD you can do that — there’s an M.2 slot in the MiniBook that supports PCIe solid state storage.

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