64GB MS Surface Pro Only Has 23GB of Free Space

An anonymous reader writes "From the LA Times: 'Although Microsoft's 128 GB Surface Pro tablet is advertised as having 128 gigabytes of storage, the amount of space available to users is much less than that. That's also true for the 64 GB model. The Redmond, Wash., company confirmed Tuesday that the 128 GB Surface Pro has 83 GB of free storage, while the 64 GB version comes with 23 GB of open space. The reason for the difference: space already taken up by the tablet's Windows 8 Pro operating system and various preinstalled apps.' It's generally understood that your device won't have as much available storage as advertised, but it's usually a lot closer than this. Should device-makers be required to advertise how much storage is available to users, rather than the size of the storage media?"

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[BitZtream]

You might want to take 'full office tool' off the TOP of your list.

Its fine that its good enough for you, but contrary to what you believe it does not actually suit the rest of the world. Its not JUST because of the MS Office monopoly as we've seen plenty of people trounce the incumbent monopolies in computing over the last decade by coming out with something that people ACTUALLY WANT MORE than the incumbent monopoly.

What this does for the rest of your list (regardless of much of a point you may have) is makes it not worth reading to those of us who aren't living in a narrowly defined box so they can fanboy up some FOSS. Your very first example is utterly disconnected from reality so the rest your opinions have very little weight.

I did read the rest of your list just to be sure and my initial conclusion is correct. You have this silly idea that your half assed software that works like its 94 is actually comparable to modern software.

Just because you are unable to determine that there are meaningful differences doesn't' mean there are only cosmetic differences.