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This is a paradigm shift. Apple is embracing three numeral technology while their competitors are stuck in the two numeral age. Apple's ability to increase numerals a full fifty percent when pundits were expecting a mere incremental refresh is perhaps the most amazing news of 2013.

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Is this comment being sarcastic? I sure hope so.

What are you talking about!? There are loads of 128GB tablets available on the market.

Edit: for more info check out Samsungs 128GB eMMC memory chip

I only know of the Surface Pro with 128Gb built in.

Edit: Removed Surface RT as it only provides 32/64Gb options

While the Surface Pro offers a 128GB model, the device itself only provides 83GB of that space to the user. The remainder is used by the operating system and its files.

http://gizmodo.com/5979796/the-128gb-microsoft-surface-pro-o...

Let's add it up:

128GB (not GiB) = 119GiB of actual space.

System requirement to install Microsoft Office = 3.0 GiB of space

System requirement to install Windows 8 Pro = 20.0 GiB of space

(119GiB - 3.0GiB - 20GiB) = 96GiB of usable space.

Now what programs or files could explain that difference of 13GiB?

I'm guessing, but perhaps a recovery partition?

A small list:

  Dell Latitude ST Tablet
  Samsung Series 7 11.6" Slate
  Microsoft Surface for Windows 8 Pro
  Acer Iconia Tab W700

If a 128GB tablet was released and it wasn't voted to the front page of HN, did it really happen?

I'm surprised they didn't even bother waiting for the new model to provide it, and just added it to the current one.

A mid-cycle refresh is not unusual for Apple.

No, but the availability of 128GB modules (and devices) was a long time coming (the first modules were announced ~30 months ago, it's the first storage update since the iPad's original release, and further back for iOS since the 3rd generation Touch added a 64GB option back in 2009)

Upvoted because I think you're being amusingly sarcastic and everyone else is missing it.

Maintaining double digit digit growth year on year will be tricky.

Indeed. I'm just waiting for the new advertisement :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWGsvcFpwNY

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