Welcome to the group. You didn't say if you've loaded Win XP Tablet SP2 rc yet (lonestar). If you haven't I highly recommend it. It provides much better TIP functionality and I think writing responsiveness. Also some of MS power toys (tools) make a great difference in handwriting recognition. Specifically the additional dictionaries which would allow you to add words unique to the legal profession to your dictionary.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/t...ds/default.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...p2preview.mspx

Took me forever to find that SP2 link!

Good choice on the toshiba.

Linuxmom