128GB Surface Pro ships with 83GB free, 64GB has only 23GB

[newarkhiphop]

That 64GB, $800 Microsoft Surface Pro you plan on buying next week? Maybe you should temper your storage expectations a bit, as the base model actually only allots 23GB of that space for use. The larger 128GB version offers a bit more space at 83GB, but is still losing a massive 45GB of space to the full Windows 8 operating system and various included applications. Microsoft confirmed as much this afternoon, and issued the following the statement:


The Surface RT suffered the same issue when it launched late last year -- the 32GB base version only included 16GB of storage, while the 64GB version had 46GB available. The situation is what we'd call less than ideal, though you can always expand the on-board memory via the solutions Microsoft proposes. Of course, that means doling our more cash on an already expensive tablet -- not the best thing to find out after you've shelled out $800.

128GB Surface Pro ships with 83GB free, 64GB has only 23GB

$800 for 23 gigs FYI this price does not even include the $100 + dollar keyboard




RT Fire sale countdown starts now

 

[NV-ME]

touchpad status in 3 months. book it

 

[Jutt]

touchpad status in 3 months. book it

@newarkhiphop and I have been saying it on our podcast since they released the prices for this shyt. M$ dropped the ball hard

 

[Why-Fi]

Lol wow. What is going on over there? This is painful to watch

 

[Prodigital]

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[NV-ME]

@newarkhiphop and I have been saying it on our podcast since they released the prices for this shyt. M$ dropped the ball hard

yup. youve got people pissing about the price of the ipad & mini and theyve got the marketshare, so if youre on the comeup, there's no way you can start pricing this high.

i mentioned the touchpad, but seriously, that firesale they had shoulda put the tech world on notice. this is whats gonna have to be done to compete.

 

[hayesc0]

i think this can be successful if more retailers get it I work for office depot and we get customers asking do we carry it everyday

 

[Jutt]

yup. youve got people pissing about the price of the ipad & mini and theyve got the marketshare, so if youre on the comeup, there's no way you can start pricing this high.

i mentioned the touchpad, but seriously, that firesale they had shoulda put the tech world on notice. this is whats gonna have to be done to compete.

Thats exactly what we've been saying. iPad has the tablet market on smash right now, Samsung has a name, but its not doing numbers like Apple is in the tablet game. You cant expect to get in the game with prices like that and no name.



The TP had the internet goin nuts for a week. Everybody gonna be partying when this shyt starts to drop. Im bout to start a "Surface Firesale watch" segment on my show