Going for broken: Inside the Microsoft lab where devices get tested to death
In an unmarked, windowless building at a confidential location, bad things happen to good hardware.
Surface Pens are forced to scribble nonstop for months. Packaged Surface devices crash hard inside a “shock tower.” And Surface laptops endure a grievous gauntlet – tests mimicking a lifetime of exposure to high heat, deep cold, rain, humidity, dust, fog, chemicals and ultraviolet radiation. (more…)