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Re:Updated MacBook Pros by Spearchucker on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @07:44AM (#8101701)
I have a small (256Gb) SSD drive in my Surface Pro 2. I have a 1Tb drive I occasionally carry around with me that has "everything". It's a mirror of my 1TB drive in my desktop at home.

Whilst I love the 10" form factor and the light weight of the Surface there are times where I need something obscure and rarely accessed, and don't have my drive with me. This is frustrating beyond description.

Also not sure about the data loss argument, as I back up regularly.

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Re:Updated MacBook Pros by mattlutze on Wednesday July 30, 2014 @08:59AM (#8107795)
Interestingly the data loss argument wasn't aimed at you, but at someone arguing they just needed their laptop with a big HD and nothing else.

There's many options for providing yourself access to the desktop at home from a mobile location, at which point you can access those obscure files.

It does seem that the tablet isn't a great product vehicle at the moment for a Tb portable desktop.

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