Is Redmond doing enough to push the technology?
Acer is locked in a struggle with Microsoft over the future of the Tablet PC.
The PC and electronics vendor is convinced that Microsoft is not doing all it can to push the technology.
Jim Wong, president of the Acer IT products business group, complained that the situation was "a mess". Acer has invested heavily in the Tablet PC market, selling a range of four models.
"We are disappointed in the market. We believe it will happen, but it will happen too late. We keep on challenging Microsoft," he said.
Wong believes that a lack of applications is the root of the problem, with application vendors having to wait for Microsoft to fully commit itself to the Tablet.
"Microsoft has to communicate with the channels and the users. Once people try it, they appreciate it," he said. But, he added, Microsoft must kick-start the process and get people trying out Tablets.
News source: Vnunet.com
Acer is locked in a struggle with Microsoft over the future of the Tablet PC.
The PC and electronics vendor is convinced that Microsoft is not doing all it can to push the technology.
Jim Wong, president of the Acer IT products business group, complained that the situation was "a mess". Acer has invested heavily in the Tablet PC market, selling a range of four models.
"We are disappointed in the market. We believe it will happen, but it will happen too late. We keep on challenging Microsoft," he said.
Wong believes that a lack of applications is the root of the problem, with application vendors having to wait for Microsoft to fully commit itself to the Tablet.
"Microsoft has to communicate with the channels and the users. Once people try it, they appreciate it," he said. But, he added, Microsoft must kick-start the process and get people trying out Tablets.
News source: Vnunet.com
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shame sony don't make one. i did like the hp but i just don't buy hp stuff.
The HP TC1000, for example, is made by LG.
I had one for about 9 months and I loved the OS but I gad to get rid of it because the transmeta cpu was just so sloooooooooooooooooowww
I see there is new version out that has a 'real' CPU in it
Give me a tablet pc and 3d accelerator.... i'm buying. I don't see any other reason not to buy one.
MMMMMMMM....... Onenote
Besides, who doesn't get new machines every 3 years or so? LH is still that far out.
For one as SomeDork says the likelyhood of you still using that machine in 3 or so years time when LH comes out is quite low and anyway you can always run LH in a lower spec mode if you wish, all the hardware acceleration is going to do is drain your batteries in no time at all.
I use a Sony Vaio (Z1A) and I'd be lost without the keyboard. While I thought the touch screen/stylus was really neat on Tablet XP, it's just simply not a replacement for a keyboard (and if Acer's have a keyboard then that's great but I recall that they don't) not to mention that the Tablets are often underpowered, compared to regular notebook. If they released a full blown notebook (running the Tablet XP mod) with a touch screen as an additional feature, then it would be great but a tablet on it's own can't survive, especially since they're as pricy as a full notebook. Besides, when was the last time you heard HP or IBM complain that their funky designs didn't sell well, because MS didn't release enough applications? Tablet XP runs normal XP apps - it's not like the PocketPC/Windows CE bit...
And OneNote works pretty freakin' well with XP-Pro so I doubt that's a reason to change machines
Now they have the C300 Series (1.7GHz and higher centrino), which I think should satisfy your need for a fully blown notebook.
we are the only country that does it month/day/year...
everwhere else is day/month/year...
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