Congratulations! One thing the others haven't mentioned yet is making sure
you've calibrated the pen and set the handedness. Go into Control
Panel/Tablet and Pen Settings and you can do these functions on the Settings
tab. Make sure you calibrate both for Landscape and Portrait modes, too.

Experiment, play with the little gem. You'll soon be finding it
indispensable.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Callahan" <ca_callahan@WHATZA_HEYcomputer.org> wrote in message
news:eI0y7xYVEHA.3620@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I have been lurking on this board since the tablets came out, hoping
>against hope
> that one day I would be able to justify the purchase of one of my own.
>
> That day has come. It was a toss up between the good old workhorse, the
> HP
> nc6000, and the Acer c303xmi. The additional 512mb ram, 80 gig drive and
> dvd
> burner-- for only about 96$ more, really sealed the deal for the 303xmi.
> Yeah,
> I'd get a strong machine and a tablet to boot.
>
> Well, despite the fact that I have never worked with any acer products
> before, and
> wasn't really thrilled with the limited warranty, I decided to go for it.
> I paid
> for two day shipping, and voila, it's here.
>
> I took it out of the box, and first thing I noticed is the screen doesn't
> line up
> properly to latch in tablet mode. It is slightly off to the right, and
> you have
> to sort of shift it over to get it to lock.
>
> Then, during the setup process, a large keyboard popped up onscreen and
> obscured
> most of the
> display. I had to keep moving it around to actually see the text and fill
> in the
> fields properly. This keyboard disappeared after the reboot (or two) that
> was
> required before the system actually moved into the operating system for
> the first
> time.
>
> When it actually booted up to a desktop, and I clicked through the tablet
> stuff
> that loaded, I decided to try messing with the stylus. I flipped the
> screen
> around, snapped it down (with a jiggle), it changed from landscape to
> portrait,
> and I started writing....
> ...then it flickered, then it shifted back into landscape, then
> portrait....
>
> ...I think you get the picture. Is that a common problem with the C300
> series,
> 303s in particular? Did I just get a bad machine (figures, that is my
> luck)? It
> seems to "short out" if I hold onto the bottm left side (in portrait mode,
> hinge
> to the right) of the laptop while I write. Also, if I tip the laptop
> while
> writing, it spontaneously shifts from one mode to the other, but not back.
>
> In addition, it seems to darken and lighten the display spontaneously as I
> move my
> hand over the "rim" of the screen as I write (I am left handed). What's
> with
> that?? The screen does not move, there's not a cloud in the sky, yet the
> it seems
> to be responding to lighting changes that do not exist....
>
> Please, could someone give me an idea of whether or not the thing is
> broken (it is
> now almost three hours old) and needs to be sent back or if there is a
> patch, fix,
> or tweak that will make the issue go away.
>
> I was so looking forward to getting my own tablet...
>
> --
>
> -callahan
>
>
>
> --
>
>
> -callahan
>
>