Sorry that you're so easily offended. Half the equipment in your PC was
probably "fiddled with" by your definition. Your opinions have offered zero
value to this newsgroup.

I'm as big a supporter and fan of Microsoft as the next guy but they are not
the governing authority on PC manufacturing - regardless of the platform.
Get over that.

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"Grant Robertson" <BOGUS@BOGUS.com> wrote in message
news:u$vfDvWUEHA.4048@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> In article <uQ7O9TPUEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>,
> josheinstein********.com says...
>> This is a Microsoft newsgroup but Microsoft is not the sole owner of the
>> term "Tablet PC". Perhaps he was looking at building a laptop with touch
>> screen capabilities and is starting to realize the benefits that
>> Microsoft's
>> Tablet PC operating system has to offer.
>>
>>
> Actually, I was under the impression that Microsoft had trademarked the
> term "Tablet PC" and that other people were using "Tablet Computer"
> instead. But I may be wrong on that point.
>
> Regardless, even if what you say is true (which was not even hinted at by
> the original poster), the painfully obvious first step is to contact
> Microsoft directly. Not try and glom onto a copy of the OS to start
> fiddling with. That's the problem with the computer industry today. Far
> too many products are just fiddled with until some marketing exec says.
> "Ship it!". There is very little actual planning involved. Well, I, for
> one, don't want to buy any products from a company that is so obviously
> just fiddling with things. You can rationalize and speculate all day but
> that still doesn't make fiddling with things a good way to design a
> Tablet PC. And you are certainly not ever going to convince me that it
> is. If you want to buy cobbled together crap then you go right ahead.
> That's your business. But stop trying to convince me that I am wrong and
> stop trying to make me out to be some heinous fiend for having an
> opinion. Considering the lack of response I doubt the original poster is
> even checking back for answers.