fans of the device have stated that the SD card slot makes up for it; you can augment the storage with it. I think it's a cop out- SD storage can be handy, but it is much slower than the internal SSD and doesn't offer much more value than cloud storage via Dropbox or Skydrive. It'll be interesting to see what kind of tablets Microsoft's partners come out with. At least one has stated they won't make one for Win8 RT; competition from MS and the lukewarm reception the Pro has gotten may scare more into sticking with Android. I know I would; it's matured dramatically over the past couple years, and a tablet just isn't the same as a full PC. The interface and user experience is just too different to try to force the same interface on both (much less phone handsets).
On Jan 29, 2013, at 8:19 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > That's just... beyond ridiculous. > > Seriously. > > On Monday, January 28, 2013 9:24:08 PM UTC-5, cwpreston wrote: >> >> http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/ >> >> Microsoft admits Surface Pro 128GB storage limited to 83GB >> >> >> Posted on 28 Jan 2013 at 09:34 >> >> Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet, which is due to launch with a >> headline-grabbing 128GB of storage space, will only have 83GB of room for >> users' files. >> >> According to a statement from the company given to Softpedia, the 128GB >> Surface Pro device - which swaps out the low-power ARM chip of the Surface >> RT for a meatier Intel processor while upgrading the Windows RT operating >> system to a full-fat installation of Windows 8 - a chunk of its 128GB >> capacity is taken up by the operating system and pre-installed applications >> - leaving just 83GB of user-accessible space to store files. >> >> While it's true that 83GB is significantly more than most other tablet >> devices, which typically top out at around 64GB before any add-in storage is >> accounted for, that's a not-inconsiderable drop in storage space of around >> 35 per cent compared to the figures shown in Microsoft's advertising. >> >> The issue becomes more pressing when the cheaper 64GB model is taken into >> account: the space used up by the operating system and pre-installed >> applications is the same between devices, so - allowing for differences in >> actual capacity between the two solid-state drives - the 64GB Surface Pro >> may have as little as 23GB of user-accessible space. >> >> In its defence, Microsoft has pointed out that the Surface Pro includes a >> USB 3.0 port for high-speed connectivity to external storage devices such as >> pen drives or hard disks, along with a free SkyDrive cloud storage account >> offering an additional 7GB of web-based storage. With the devices failing to >> reach the promised capacities - and Barrons claiming that Microsoft may have >> sold as few as 230,000 Surface RT tablets worldwide - the company may >> struggle to convince tablet fans to switch from their iPads or Android >> devices. >> >> Author: Gareth Halfacree >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
