Surface Pro 64gb will have only 23gb free space

[HookersandIceCream]

Surface Pro storage space: Yes it's a big deal | ZDNet

The news broke yesterday that the Surface Pro tablet from Microsoft, sold with 64GB and 128GB, will only have 23GB and 83GB available to the user out of the box, respectively

 

[The Phoenix]

 

[Arcavian]

FUMBLE!!!!!!


Microsoft has completely dropped the ball again

 

[RJY33]

Where is that dude that is always stanning for Windows phones and the Surface? Get in here and splain

 

[2gunsup]

These idiots over at MS prob have system restore, larger than needed paging files/recycle bin, hibernation enabled and the works enabled on a tablet,

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Yes this is true, but this can be changed by any user very easily via removing the recovery partition. You can gain up to 20 extra gigs that way.

Also, ALL SURFACE TABS SUPPORT EXPANDABLE micro SD of up to 64 gigs which you can use any way you like, so the concern is MOOT really. Furthermore, this is a full PC, so you can always buy an extra external ssd and carry it with you, in case the micro sd isnt enough.

If you decide that these options aren't good enough for you, then buy a macbook. .

 

[newarkhiphop]

Yes this is true, but this can be changed by any user very easily via removing the recovery partition. You can gain up to 20 extra gigs that way.

Also, ALL SURFACE TABS SUPPORT EXPANDABLE micro SD of up to 64 gigs which you can use any way you like, so the concern is MOOT really. Furthermore, this is a full PC, so you can always buy an extra external ssd and carry it with you, in case the micro sd isnt enough.

If you decide that these options aren't good enough for you, then buy a macbook. .

Competitive tablets, the iPad and Android tablets specifically, lose a little of system storage to the OS but not much. When you buy a 64GB iPad you have most of that storage space available to add apps and media. It's the same for Android.

That's why the heavy cost in storage space of Windows 8 is a big deal. Sure when you compare the Surface Pro's installation to other PCs you get a similar loss of storage space out of the box. But Microsoft has taken great pains, completely redesigned the operation of Windows 8 matter of fact, to make the Surface Pro a tablet competitor.

It's only fair to compare features like available storage space of the Surface to the competition, tablets and PCs alike. Let's face it, if consumers buy the Surface it is for the tablet capabilities. Otherwise they'd just buy a Windows 8 laptop or hybrid.

The available storage space of the Surface Pro is a clear demonstration to consumers that it's still Windows under the hood with the same impact as previous versions of Windows. That doesn't instill faith in buyers that the Surface Pro is really different like the other tablet choices on the market. It's really business as usual, just Windows posing as a tablet.

 

[GoldenGlove]

 

[HookersandIceCream]

Lol @ paying all that money to carry around an extra external hard drive
Lol @ paying all that money and getting a half assed wannabe tablet

 

[Type Username Here]

Absolutely disgusting garbage. Ship it with a recovery usb.

 

[dexwire]

dumbass Microsoft should have spent an extra 10 dollars and placed non user accessible 16-32gb storage to hold the os

 

[Type Username Here]

This bullshyt Microsoft has been pulling lately with these tablets, phones, and OS doesn't make me feel good about the next Xbox.

 

[Kartel13]

still looking into it. Cloud and sd slot will do just fine. Not paying full price, though. The price will drop and Ill end up kopping.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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[Justice]

Absolutely disgusting garbage. Ship it with a recovery usb.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

For that price they really don't have many excuses. Good ideas but poor execution out of Microsoft lately...