Surface Pro has 128GB, but you can only use 83GB of it

A handful of y'all are already planning on picking up the Surface Pro when it comes out February nine (use that reservation bill of fare). Before you make the determination on whether to get the 64GB or 128GB version you should know nearly some storage issues. Like the original Surface RT, useable storage on the Surface Pro will be less than advertised. If you pick upwardly the 128GB model you're looking at 83GB left and if you pick upwards the 64GB version y'all'll be stuck with 23Gb. Let that sink in.

Nosotros commencement brought the consequence up in a From the Forums cavalcade, well technically y'all brought it up showtime, but it's worth highlighting again since its making rounds around the blogosphere. Microsoft has released the following statement to a multifariousness of outlets:

"The 128 GB version of Surface Pro has 83 GB of complimentary storage out of the box. The 64GB version of Surface Pro has 23GB of free storage out of the box. Of course, Surface Pro has a USB 3.0 port for connectivity with almost limitless storage options, including external hard drives and USB wink drives. Surface also comes pre-loaded with SkyDrive, allowing you to store up to 7GB of content in the cloud for free. The device also includes a microSDXC card slot that lets you shop up to 64GB of additional content to your device. Customers tin can also free up boosted storage space by creating a backup bootable USB and deleting the recovery partition."

While it's definitely an reward that y'all can add more storage with a microSD card, it's still rather unfortunate so much space is used upward by the OS, built-in apps, and the recovery partition. If you're reading a tech site like ours, odds are you can easily remove the recovery partition by creating a backup bootable USB, just the average user out there won't even know what's incorrect.

Knowing what you now know, which version of the Surface Pro are you going to go with? Can and should Microsoft communicate the situation and potential solutions to customers in a articulate mode? Are they hoping to button SkyDrive? Audio off below or in this Windows Phone Key Forums discussion.

Source: Engadget

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