[pavlov]

...it would be harder to walk mom through deleting the restore files when she calls and says her tablet won't hold all her movies and music.

You can just tell her to buy an SD card and insert it in the computer. Unlike iOS, Windows actually supports disk expansion.

[drzaiusapelord]

Hold on. She paid a premium for the extra space, but now has to buy yet another storage device because MS filled her drive with restore crap?