jameshanley39 wrote:

> I see a tablet pc with that tablet edition version of windows xp.

A TabletPC is quite something different from a "normal" notebook:
It's a notebook + the extra features of hand-writing on the screen.

> But the tablet PC, Motion 1400. has a Centrino M 1.1GHz . That's
> not a bad CPU.. And 512MB RAM . Looks to me to be able to support
> regular edition of windows XP.

Yes.
the OS is XP.
But it works with a special edition of "XP Pro" - "XP Pro TabletPC"
which offers the very special additional features needed for a TabletPC.

> Why would it have a tablet edition.. What are the advantages of the
> tablet edition?

Quite many advantages:
"XP Pro TabletPC" is just a super-set of "XP Pro".
It offers all what is needed for a TabletPC, i.e. the recognition of
handwriting on the screen etc., etc.
>
> A system like that that runs tablet edition would be able to run a
> regular edition too, right?

For sure!
But this would just mean nothing more or nothing less, but just
castration!

"XP TabletPC edition" is just "XP Pro" plus the additional TabletPC
features.

Hope things are a bit clearer now.
If not, pls ask again.

Rainald