Hi Dave,

It seems you bring up two related issues. A narrow issue of doing Tablet PC development on a desktop and the wider issue of Ink on the desktop in general.
I can really only talk about the former because that is all I truly know about.
If you install the MSDN version of Tablet Edition on a desktop system and download and install our Penabled driver from:
http://www.wacom.com/tabletpc/driver.cfm
you will get a Wacom virtual hid pen driver installed that will know how to make data from a Wacom Intuos, Graphire or Cintiq look like "Ink" data.
So if you wish to do Tablet PC development on a desktop system that is the route I would suggest.

Thanks,
--
Dan Tower
Software Engineer
Wacom Technology


"terri" wrote:

> I think Bill Gates already knows. :)
>
> Wacom is coming out with a desktop that will be using the Tablet PC OS.
>
> Others have responded to your other questions.
> --
> Terri Stratton
> Microsoft Windows MVP / Tablet PC
> http://thetabletpc.net
> Expert Zone - http://microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/default.asp
>
>
> "Dave P" <Dave P@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:45972C62-7366-4D23-A88A-49F5096E9636@microsoft.com...
> > First, I realize that Windows XP Tablet PC Edition is not available for
> > retail sales and that Microsoft has no announced intention of changing
> > that.
> >
> > Second, I realize that my license does not allow me to install my Tablet
> > PC's OS on my desktop.
> >
> > Having said that, I have a desktop computer with a Wacom digitizer pad
> > attached. Does anyone know if there is a technical reason why the Tablet
> > PC version of Windows XP would not work on such a machine if Microsoft
> > changed their mind and offered a retail version?
> >
> > Also, are the ink enabling extensions such that they could be installed on
> > a Windows XP Pro machine as a component (similar to voice extensions)?
> >
> > If the answer to either of those is yes, would somebody please tell Bill
> > Gates that, judging from the number of posts here and elsewhere, there is
> > a definite market for ink on the desktop.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > Dave
> >
>
>