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Old 08-21-2007, 12:50 PM
hairymon
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Converting an XP Tablet PC to Windows Vista

My boss a Lenovo X60t tablet here in the Office. He bought it with XP Tablet
instead of Vista because he was used to XP Tablet and Vista had just come out
and we didn't want to deal with all the bugs, etc. as he was also going to
use it when in the office with a docking station as a workstation to our
Small Business 2003 network. Also, he is used to Windows Journal and I had
learned that Vista doesn't come with that (though I'm wondering if I read
wrong). The reason he likes Windows Journal is what he wants to do is do a
few pages of writing, then do the text conversion on the whole thing (but
since he's not satisfied with how Journal/XP does it he actually has his
secretary transcribe it). I've showed him how he can go right into MS Office,
and as he writes each line, can do the text conversion, but he wants to as I
said do a whole document in writing and then convert it.

However, he (and I) have learned that there are some advantages to Vista on
a tablet; mainly that it "learns" your handwriting.

Since it is several months since Vista is out, I'm willing to re-explore it.
Here are my questions:

1) What version of Vista would I get? (My guess is Business)

2) How easy is it to upgrade a tablet that currently has XP Tablet to Vista?
Will anything typical "tablet things" suddenly not function?

3) Does Windows Journal exist in Vista? If not, does the fact that I have it
on there now mean that it will work with a Vista upgrade? If someone wants to
do an entire document in writing and then convert it after the fact, what do
they use if Journal does not exist in Vista? I'm guessing OneNote, but given
what it normally costs to buy that I don't think that just comes with Vista,
right?

4) Finally, any problems using the tablet in the office with a Small
Business 2003 network?

Any help would be much, much appreciated, thanks!
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Old 08-21-2007, 12:50 PM