1.5 billion in advertising for windows 8 fails to do the trick

[Porcupine_I]

michael_stutzer said:

Porcupine_I said:

HappySqurriel said:
I don't think it has to do with Microsoft releasing a product too quickly, I think it is that the product is built around a flawed concept ...

In most cases, if you wanted to build an operating system that worked well for a desktop computer, videogame console and mobile device you would develop a very strong kernel and then develop a GUI for each of the devices to ensure the best user experience possible with each device. Unfortunately, Microsoft sees the UI and many programs as being part of the operating system core and when they developed a cross-platform OS you end up with a user experience that is bad across all devices.

...using up almost 16GB of a Tablets memory

That is the Surface Pro right, not RT? Even for Pro that is insane though lol.

no, that is for the RT Tablets:

"Microsoft has confirmed that consumers who purchase the 32GB variant of Surface will only be left with 16GB of storage space.

Previously, it was reported that 12GB of storage space will be taken from the device's 32GB capacity. However, according to Microsoft documentation, the $499 32GB Surface tablet actually takes 16GB of storage space.

On a 32GB Surface model, 29GB is initially available after partitioning. Take away 5GB for Windows recovery tools, and another 8GB for Windows RT, Microsoft Office, as well as other built-in apps, it leaves 16GB of free space. As for the 64GB model, users will be left with 46GB."