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

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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[wonkey_monkey]

It's supposed to be a freakin tablet.

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

Impossible for apps, just like the iPad

[SuperKendall]

And how much is it to add an additional 32gb or 64gb to your iPad if you hit your storage limit?

You swap some data out to external storage, just as Microsoft recommends.

$20 or $49 like the Surface or more?

You can't put apps onto external media on the Surface either.