Or hire some developers to create a completely custom shell for the Tablet
PC. That would be the best bet since TPC's handwriting recognition and
gesture support is far ahead of CE's.

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"Grant Robertson" <BOGUS@BOGUS.com> wrote in message
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> In article <C590A830-F7E1-4972-AC14-5FC6D0B42ED2@microsoft.com>,
> snarfix@discussions.microsoft.com says...
>> Don't think of this unit as a fully functional Personal Computer.
>>
>
> Unfortunately, if you create something that is less than a 'fully
> functional Personal Computer' but still does what you want it will end up
> costing almost as much as a 'fully functional Personal Computer' if not
> more. This is because it will be a niche market product with special
> manufacturing requirements but a limited market as compared to the wide
> open market of a regular PC.
>
> Your best bet is to buy a regular PC or Tablet PC and then limit what the
> students can do with it using the tools already available. If you don't
> want them to be able to surf the internet during class then you don't
> make the internet available on the network they will be connecting to in
> the classroom. When they take their Tablet PC home or back to the dorm
> then they will have the internet available there.
>
> If you don't want them to be able to do certain things on, or to the
> configuration of, their Tablet then you would use Profiles and Group
> Policy Objects. Any competent Microsoft network administrator should at
> least know what these are and be able to learn how to use them given
> enough time.
>
> If you really want to limit what can be done while reducing cost then
> perhaps you should look into Windows CE devices. The problem is that the
> software available for them is really limited.
>
> There is no need to design and manufacture a completely new product.