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Software Uses Almost 1/2 the Storage On 32GB Surface Tablet

Posted by samzenpus on from the all-used-up dept.

First time accepted submitter jigamo writes "Microsoft's newly released Surface tablets are available in 32 and 64 GB capacities. The company has disclosed how much of that space is available to the user. After taking into account Windows RT, Microsoft Office, built-in apps, and Windows recovery tools, nearly 13 GB of the available space is eliminated from user accessible storage. Microsoft's recommendations for adding additional capacity are to use cloud storage, a memory card, or a USB storage device."

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  1. Full of microsoft by BluPhenix316 · · Score: 5, Funny

    A Tablet full of Microsoft, whats not to love?

  2. Aha! by sootman · · Score: 5, Funny

    So there is a 16GB Surface! :-)

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  3. Re:32GB? That's like booting off a floppy nowadays by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    40GB? Heck, I remember when 40MB was huge. I remember when 5MB was amazing.
    Now get off my lawn.

  4. Re:Microsoft Office by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A paperweight.

  5. Re:Registry Editor by XiaoMing · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's supposed to be a freakin tablet.

    Which is a freakin' computer running a freakin' operating system.

    With freakin' lasers attached to their heads!

  6. Re:32GB? That's like booting off a floppy nowadays by fatphil · · Score: 4, Funny

    This was from my 4th computer:
    http://fatphil.org/images/im_floppier.jpg

    Next!

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  7. Re:Considering this is Windows... by Gaygirlie · · Score: 1, Funny

    Maybe you think that's a big deal because a 16 GB iPad costs $100 more than a 32GB one, versus $9.99 to add 16GB to the Surface

    No, I don't. I don't give a flying f*ck about how much an iPad costs. I'd say the same thing about them if iOS used half of all the storage space on the device.

  8. Re:Impossible for apps, just like the iPad by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which means you need to find a restaurant with open Wi-Fi

    It has to be a restaurant now? Damn Apple and its walled Olive Garden.