A California attorney has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, claiming that the company’s new Surface tablet does not deliver as much storage as advertised.
Andrew Sokolowski claims in court papers that the Surface RT tablet he purchased was supposed to be capable of storing 32 GB of data, but that only 16 GB remained after accounting for the pre-installed Windows RT operating system and Microsoft Office apps.
The suit was filed earlier this week in Superior Court in Los Angeles. In a statement to the Associated Press, Microsoft said the suit, which asks for class-action status, is baseless.
“Customers understand the operating system and pre-installed applications reside on the device’s internal storage, thereby reducing the total free space,” Microsoft said. Surface RT is available in 32 GB or 64 GB configurations. The price starts at $499 for the 32-GB unit.