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Comment by barredo | Hacker News Reader

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

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