32 GB version enough?

[hypokondriak]

I don't get your second thing. My point is that I can resell at a higher rate and get more money back on any higher spec device.

And my point is that I can get exactly what you have for a lower rate and thus can afford to sell it as such.

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[oion]

And my point is that I can get exactly what you have for a lower rate and thus can afford to sell it as such.

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That's nice, but I don't know if you're being purposefully dense or just want to argue: The reason why I added those comments was for the benefit of the OP as additional data points in decision-making if he's not sure. This thread isn't about you. The average users when buying secondhand devices will not think about what other tech maneuvers they can do to maximize things beyond base spec. If price is more of an issue for the OP, then certainly he should go 32GB, but his app store behavior potential or otherwise is an unknown.

 

[hypokondriak]

That's nice, but I don't know if you're being purposefully dense or just want to argue: The reason why I added those comments was for the benefit of the OP as additional data points in decision-making if he's not sure. This thread isn't about you. The average users when buying secondhand devices will not think about what other tech maneuvers they can do to maximize things beyond base spec. If price is more of an issue for the OP, then certainly he should go 32GB, but his app store behavior potential or otherwise is an unknown.

Hey sorry I ticked you off. I really liked your contributions but now that you've resulted to name calling by saying I'm dense this will be the last time I'll knowingly converse with you as that's quite disrespectful.

Regarding resale value I just pulled up the last 5 Surface RT's sold as 32GB and 64GB with adapter only in working condition. All were sold in second half of October via eBay. Free shipping vs no free shipping is the only remaining variable.

64GB: 286.99 / 305.00 / 289.99 / 305.00 / 304.99 = midpoint of $298
32GB: 269.99 / 290.01 / 298.00 / 249.00 / 232.50 = midpoint of $267

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[Saftis]

Cheers for the input guys, 25GB free after removing the recovery partition sounds fine, I stream all my media from my NAS or other solutions anyway. Picked it up with a 20% cashback today

 

[thesmithiz]

You can dump the recovery portion onto a flash drive. I can't tell you how much it frees up because I'm waiting on my first 3.0 drive to come in the mail tomorrow!

So how does one do this?

 

[oion]

So how does one do this?

Create a USB recovery drive - Microsoft Windows Help

At the end of that, there's the option to Delete the recovery partition. Doing so would free up almost 4 gigs or so (Surface 2).

 

[thesmithiz]

Create a USB recovery drive - Microsoft Windows Help

At the end of that, there's the option to Delete the recovery partition. Doing so would free up almost 4 gigs or so (Surface 2).

So doing what is on that link shows that I don't have a recovery partition...does that sound right? This is a new Surface 2.