[TechRepublic] iPad Mini teardown

Cracking Open TechRepublic Member | November 13, 2012

iPad Mini more difficult to repair than larger iPad Bill Detwiler shows you how to disassemble the iPad Mini and explains why it's actually more difficult to crack open and repair than the iPad. Read more Cracking Open the Apple iPad Mini Resource of the day Your chance to win $500! - IT Priorities Data and Business Analytics Survey Complete ZDNet's Business Analytics and Big Data survey to understand how your business is positioned against its competitors. Respondents receive a free executive summary, and respondents from the US and Canada will have a chance to win $500 from CBS Interactive. Additional TechRepublic resources   Microsoft Surface built solid, but design lacks polish Bill Detwiler cracks open the Surface for Windows RT. Inside Microsoft's tablet, he finds easy-to-replace components, but an often-annoying hardware layout. Read more How to replace a broken front panel on your iPad 2 or iPad 3 Breaking the glass on your iPad may not stop it from working, but can make it difficult and unsafe to use. Here's a step-by-step guide to fixing a broken front panel on your iPad 2 or iPad 3. Read more Let FARR make your Windows desktop easier to search Stop wasting time switching from keyboard to mouse and opt for an keyboard-only interface. Discover how the Let Find and Run Robot problem can make your desktop search more efficient. Read more 10 ways to help your users switch from Windows to Mac Switching from Windows to Mac can be frustrating and confusing for even the most tech-savvy users. These tips will help ease the transition. Read more 10 mobile apps for tech pros: SF AppShow 2012 preview Here's a preview of 10 apps showing at the SF Appshow, a showcase event for mobile technology in San Francisco. Read more Don't Do.com for Android until the app gets an update Do.com recently released the Do Social Productivity app for Android. Will Kelly gives us his review. Read more Featured multimedia   Cracking Open the Microsoft Surface with Windows RT Step-by-step to a clean Windows 8 installation Five Virtual Desktop Managers for Windows Evernote interface for iOS streamlined (pictures) Featured multimedia   Disneyfilm: Decades of movie spectacle, together at last (pictures) The House that Mickey Mouse built is buying the media empire behind the "Star Wars" franchise. Now Disney owns Pixar, Skywalker Sound and ILM -- and will make more "Star Wars" films. View on site Cosplay at Wizard World Austin Comic Con 2012 TechRepublic contributor Jessica Mills was a speaker on the Web Series Anonymous panel at Wizard World Comic Con 2012 in Austin, Texas. She took these photos of some attendees in Star Trek, Batman, and other geeky costumes. View on site Space shuttle Atlantis is moved to museum at Kennedy Space Center (pictures) NASA conducted a grand sendoff for Atlantis on Friday as the space shuttle was rolled 10 miles from its workplace of almost 30 years to a new, custom-built museum exhibition. View on site Today's recommended downloads The Zendesk Benchmark (Zendesk) Powering Enterprise Collaboration with WAN Optimization 2.0 (Peer Software) Comparing Availability of Various Rack Power Redundancy Configurations (APC by Schneider Electric) Improved Cooling Strategies for IT Wiring Closets (APC by Schneider Electric) Spoofing Server-Server Communication: How You Can Prevent It (Symantec)   About this newsletter I dissect the latest business tech products and analyze the internal components in order to help IT leaders make smart hardware purchasing and deployment decisions. Bill Detwiler Head Technology Editor My Twitter feed: @billdetwiler Connect with TechRepublic Tomorrow's tech: Four possible futures for the IT department How are the IT department and the CIO likely to evolve over the coming years? Meeting business demands to save money while supporting delivery of better products and ways of working will be key. TechRepublic newsletters   Get technical tips and tutorials, IT industry analysis, geeky discussions, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Smartphones Tablets in the Enterprise Geekend TechRepublic UK Big Data Analytics -- Launching soon!

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