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Edit by Sam Goldheart

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-[* black] What's left? How about a fingerprint sensor
-[* black] Many Torx screws guard the spine and hinges
-[* black] The spine bone's connected to the ... uh ...
+[* black] Picking this carcass clean we pluck the Samsung-style fingerprint sensor button from the case.
+ [* icon_note] Most Surface devices rely on Windows Hello for biometric verification (although fingerprint reading cases exist). We'd suspect that the Hello tech is too big to fit into this form factor.
+[* black] We twist away tons of teeny Torx screws (say that ten times fast). They secure the spine and hinges—not quite as bad as the [guide|12842|original Surface Pro|stepid=44086|new_window=true]'s ''90'' screws, but still no fun.
+[* black] A quick de-boning and the wings are freed from their spiny...spine...