I read about the hdd size, but that's understandable. It has a 64gb ssd, the os always takes up something. Windows 8 takes up nearly 30gb on it, which isn't really the fault of hte tablet. It has an sd card slot so you could stick a card in there and leave it. A 10x 32gb card should run xiv just fine, and htat's cheaper than the extra $100 for the 128gb ssd.