The way people are reacting to this reminds me of the initial reaction to Macs ditching the floppy drive or the optical drive. Surface has a fully functional U

The way people are reacting to this reminds me of the initial reaction to Macs ditching the floppy drive or the optical drive. Surface has a fully functional USB port, and Windows 8 supports a bunch of cloud-driven integration out of the box. More and more, I've been moving my important documents online (with the exception of raw audio & video files, which are still too large to bother hosting online right now) If you want more storage, slap an external drive on your Surface. That said, I can't argue that advertising it as a 64gb tablet is any more sensible than Ticketmaster advertising $15 tickets, only to charge you $10 in handling fees when you actually make the purchase. It's not straightforward, and comes off as misleading.