With each new tablet released -- and there's a lot of them these days! -- the folks at iFixit break out the spudgers and get to work for all of us to enjoy. Now the company has published a chart comparing just how repairable they are to each other.

iFixit has launched a dedicated Tablet Repairability chart on its website, which ranks each tablet they've disassembled on a scale from one to 10, with the higher number being the easiest to repair.

"A device with a perfect score will be relatively inexpensive to repair because it is easy to disassemble and has a service manual available," the web page explains. "Points are docked based on the difficulty of opening the device, the types of fasteners found inside, and the complexity involved in replacing major components. Points are awarded for upgradability, use of non-proprietary tools for servicing, and component modularity."

Given the relative complexity of tablets to begin with, it probably shouldn't come as much of a surprise that no model from any manufacturer has yet ranked 10, but Dell's XPS 10 comes pretty close with a score of nine. (The Windows 8 tablet is easy to open with a removable battery, but the LCD is fused to the glass.)

The popular Amazon Kindle Fire comes in next, leading a group of four tablets ranked with an eight, with the HD model leading a trio of sevens, which ironically also includes the aptly-named Nexus 7 from Google.

Unfortunately, Apple doesn't even appear on the chart until you get to the number six, and even then it's the original, thicker model that's no longer supported with iOS 6. The rest of its siblings -- including the newer iPad mini -- all fall under a score of two for "excessive amounts of adhesive" and "hidden screws" which "complicate disassembly."

But hey, at least Apple isn't ranked with the lowest score of one, which goes to Microsoft's Surface with Windows 8 Pro, the least repairable tablet iFixit has yet to get its spudgers into.

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