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It's already a costly device, and a large USB drive in every box would've added even more. You can make your own bootable USB drive and delete the recovery part
by dangrossman 14y ago
It's already a costly device, and a large USB drive in every box would've added even more. You can make your own bootable USB drive and delete the recovery partition if you want that space back, as the article said.
- Inufu 14y agoUSB drives are 0.5€ per GB, if we are very generous and add a 16GB stick for recovery, that's still only 8€. Even less if you account for bulk discounts. That's hardly a big cost factor, compared to the total price of the tablet.
- ars 14y agoWait, so you are saying that microsoft would rather waste the costly device inside the tablet? If not for the recovery area they could use a smaller drive after all. It's better to spend the money on a cheap external device instead of an expensive internal one.