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My view on their tablet features
Having a tablet PC myself, here's what I can see:

First off, I rarely use their handwriting recognition, simply because I learned touch typing long ago, and my typing speed far exceeeds my handwriting speed.

The biggest problem is when writing the lowercase "o" - it always translates as a zero no matter what I do! Yes, personalized training would help.

I'm not sure that the whole "droplet" thing is nothing much more than eye candy. I've never had any problems positioning my mouse using the pen's hover, and never had any problems knowing how many times I've tapped the screen.

And one last thing: Get more high-end Tablets on the market. A lot of college students are also gamers wink.

Tablet PCs are great for college students, BTW. I've found the ability to write on the screen great for classes that make heavy use of charts, diagrams, and PowerPoint presentations. Using GoBinder (a non-Microsoft product), you can import and write on PowerPoint slides - GREAT because you're no longer madly trying to type all the slides in and can concentrate on taking notes!
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No. Why bother?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/17/05
This would be the 6th time I heard this  nucrash | 09/16/05
Yeah  Real World | 09/16/05
Yes, because they come bundled with their new PC  balsover | 09/16/05
Of course it does, it's what the VAST MAJORITY want.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/16/05
No, I don't think so  balsover | 09/16/05
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You need to realize that adding a few trinkets  michael_t | 09/16/05
Survey says.....  Real World | 09/17/05
I never get tired of hearing it.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/17/05
They have realized what MS promises and what it NEVER delivered...  michael_t | 09/16/05
Because . . .  CobraA1 | 09/17/05
Try to see a demo and you'll see  marksashton | 09/16/05
I am sure that it may even be more usable than XP  michael_t | 09/16/05
Vista wasn't built from XP's code base  IT Scion | 09/19/05
re: Try to see a demo and you'll see  CobraA1 | 09/17/05
And the troll of the year award goes to....  IT Scion | 09/19/05
Funny thing about hand writing...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/16/05
Me too  balsover | 09/16/05
Me three  CobraA1 | 09/17/05
I learned in college  Roger Ramjet | 09/19/05
Shades of 1993  tic swayback | 09/16/05
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Effete executives  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/18/05
agree  CobraA1 | 09/17/05
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Off topic question...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/17/05
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Huh?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/18/05
Sorry, you're wrong.  Michael Kelly | 09/18/05
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Message has been deleted.  B.O.F.H. | 09/17/05
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