What Defines a Tablet PC

Many companies are trying to use the Tablet PC term to describe a pen-enabled computer. However, the Tablet PC is a partnership between Microsoft and several hardware vendors who agreed to meet specific requirements. Only these companies have the license to load Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.

(1) Electromagnetic digitizer
(2) Video driver capable of screen rotation without rebooting
(3) Fast resume from suspend
(4) Suspend to hibernate when battery is 75% depleted
(5) No legacy ports

Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition is a superset of Windows XP Professional. Among others, major additions include:

Tablet PC Input Panel
Handwriting recognition
Speech recognition
Windows Journal
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