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Kent Sharkey wrote: and could include some under-the-hood changes to reduce memory and disk space requirements for cheaper tablets
So when I buy a 64GB tablet I actually get something close to 64GB of space I can use?
Or am I just being silly?
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You get something closer to 64 GB of space. But that won't help for long because ya know, Updates 'n' Stuff.
Veni, vidi, caecus | Everything summarizes to Assembly code
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It's the same with other OS's tablets and even desktops! For instance, my ASUS Transformer Prime 32gb Tablet has only 27gb available because of all the space used by the OS and the preinstalled apps.
That 1TB drive is reduced in size with the install of the OS and other software.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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ahmed zahmed wrote: It's the same with other OS's tablets
Ummm... it was particularly bad on Windows 8 tablets.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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And?
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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...and I think that was what Chris was referring to. 
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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To which I basically responded with "so what?"
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Snore....
Wow and my desktop storage is reduced by 200gb or more when I install windows and a few applications
Whoop-de-do!
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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If your desktop shipped with 64% of its total capacity used by the OS and a couple bundled applications you would think differently.
But we already know this - you're just being difficult.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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I'm not seeing a problem here. A tablet is not used like a desktop. That's my point.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Except that is not how Microsoft is marketing the Surface Pro. They market it as a full blown (albeit small form factor) PC that can run all your Windows apps and peripherals.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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Sure, understood. But do people really expect to install every app on a 32gb system? Or even a 64gb system?
Other tablet manufacturers also advertise with xGB of storage and it's not really "true" since some of it is taken up by the OS and preinstalled apps.
I get that it's worse with the Surface Pro & windows 8. That's partly do to the "recovery" partition that W8 makes.
Anyway, I don't really understand all the griping, especially when you get the same issue on a "desktop" with an SSD that is 32gb or 64gb in size.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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What if, however, your desktop operating system was infecting your Android device without you knowing? Sadly, this can happen, as some Windows users are finding out. Symantec announces it has found such a case, and it is really nasty. "In every chain of reasoning, the evidence of the last conclusion can be no greater than that of the weakest link of the chain, whatever may be the strength of the rest."
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According to Dice.com, tech workers are half as likely to be unemployed as workers in general sector. "Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else."
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In its fiscal second-quarter earnings release today, Microsoft said Surface revenue was $893 million during the final quarter of calendar year 2013, up from $400 million in the preceding quarter. It didn’t, however, provide information on the number of units sold and it did cost the company $932 million to generate the Surface revenue. "Sometimes dead is better."
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The point to take from this is that Surface and Windows 8/8.1 are gaining traction.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Linux was touted as the desktop of the future, but it never succeeded in meeting the needs of average users. Your daily dose of link bait
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Linux is irrelevant to Valerie's needs. Not because it can't fill them, but because it forces her to conform to Linux, rather than having it conform to her needs.
But wait. Linux is open source, so of course she can make Linux conform to her needs!
Stupid author. 
Marc
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Tech people will use Linux because "the know how to make it conform to their needs". But lay-people will be more inclined to use mainstream operating systems because they already know how to use them.
"Arguing with a theist is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good you are, they'll just trip the pieces, sh*t on the board, and declare victory."
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SkinnyGlass wrote: Tech people will use Linux because "the know how to make it conform to their needs".
Geeks will use Linux...
I'm a tech person, and I want the OS to stay as much out of the way as possible. And that is definitely not the experience I have with Linux, nor with W8.
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: not the experience I have with Linux
Agree with this part
Marc Clifton wrote: nor with W8
But don't agree here. W8 is a great OS! And stays out of my way.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Marc Clifton wrote: But wait. Linux is open source, so of course she can make Linux conform to her needs!
But this involves way too much work to be practical for the average user
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David S. Peck is getting a lot of emails. In a glitch possibly related to the massive Gmail outage underway right now, there’s an odd bug in Google search which is pointing users directly to his personal email address. Totally not evil, totally
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Last week Princeton researchers released a widely covered study saying Facebook would lose 80% of its users by 2015-2017. But now Facebook’s data scientists have turned the study’s silly “correlation equals causation” methodology of tracking Google search volume against it to show Princeton would lose all of its students by 2021. Don't mess with Mark Zuckerberg
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