Surface Pro 7 - Is 128gb storage too small?

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My son needs a portable Windows device for school next year. The school are recommending Surface Go's and Surface Pro 7's with 128gb RAM. I will probably get him the Pro and I see that you can upgrade storage with a mini SD card. But is this a viable alternative to actually having more built in storage? The 256gb version is quite a jump in price. He would probably use it outside of school too for light games and watching videos (he has a good desktop and an ipad). Thanks.
 
Well a full windows and office install will take less than 50Gb, so dependant on what else he installs 128Gb will be fine, not sure how much difference there is in speed these days as 128Gb drives used to be slower.
 
I've got a 128GB surface pro. It's 2 years old now, still have 16GB free on it and I installed the Command & Conquer and Red Alert remastered games on the weekend too (they were 20GB).

Just make sure he utilises onedrive/dropbox/google drive where ever possible. Not just from a space point of view, I'm also wary how possible it is to retrieve files off it if another part fails (screen or battery for instance). With a laptop you could just remove the HD.

Awesome bit of kit though, I love mine. Replaced my full PC with it.

PS. You can also stick an SD Card in it.
 
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