Let me start off by saying that I am writing this in the wee hours of the morning, without having gone to bed, and after a long and event-filled day in Las Vegas. Thus this is really a very early look at Lonestar, after spending only a few hours with the new features. The build that I am running is an alpha version, but so far it seems pretty stable and doesn't seem to be causing a performance hit at all. The straightforward installation was very much like any other Windows XP update - a 10 MB file that took about 5 minutes to update the system, a reboot, and Lonestar was up and running.
I am not sure what all will change before the update ships, but right now Lonestar improves on the original Tablet PC OS in several areas:
A vastly improved Tablet PC Input Panel, which now floats near where text is being entered
An improved - essentially added - correction features within the TIP
A redesigned logon screen keyboard
Context sensitive recognition for things like URLs in the Internet Explorer address bar
Improved handwriting recognizers
Improved support for Asian languages
Support of ink in the browser through web controls
View: Article & Screenshots
News source: Tabula PC
I am not sure what all will change before the update ships, but right now Lonestar improves on the original Tablet PC OS in several areas:
View: Article & Screenshots News source: Tabula PC
These drivers correct a number of problems found in the 52.16 release of the display drivers for Windows XP and Windows 2000. These drivers are not WHQL certified and you may see a warning message from Windows to that effect. Despite this, these drivers are safe to install and use.
Updates to this driver:
Improved support for HDTV Modes
Corrected the following issues from 52.16:
Clone mode may be set for the GeForce FX 5600 although only one display is connected.
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra: When 4x FSAA is enabled, half of the screen is black in Tiger Woods 2004 introductory video.
GeForce4 MX 440 and GeForce4 Ti 4400, Windows XP: Blue-screen crash during Battlefield 1942 Desert Combat.
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra: Homeworld2 antialiased performance is slow.
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra and GeForce4 Ti 4400, Windows XP: Rendering corruption in Battlefield 1942 Desert Combat.
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, Windows XP: “X2: The
Threat” benchmark is choppy or jerky in some places.
All GeForce FX: Intermittently, Warcraft III videos are not displayed properly on some systems.
Last edited by 10192 on 19 Nov 2003 - 18:46
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