I have an option to purchase a used HP tc4400 Tablet currently installed with
XP Pro. I want to upgrade it to VISTA. Has anyone done this? or does anyone
have any suggestions?

JD shared these words of wisdom:

> I have an option to purchase a used HP tc4400 Tablet currently
> installed with XP Pro. I want to upgrade it to VISTA. Has anyone
> done this?

I have not done it.
But the tc4400 is one of the view models supported for Vista by HP.
The necessary drivers are available for download on the HP website.

Rainald

My experiences with Vista Ultimate are not encouraging. Though it is a T7200
Dual Core CPU and updated with 2 Gig of RAM, the system feels slow. When I
write a text email in Outlook 2007 sometimes the letters do not appear for
some seconds - I had that experience last time with an under equipped Win98
PC.

You may enjoy improved handwriting recognition and improved security etc.
But for me it's not a joy.



"Rainald Taesler" <taesler@gmx.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> JD shared these words of wisdom:
>
>> I have an option to purchase a used HP tc4400 Tablet currently
>> installed with XP Pro. I want to upgrade it to VISTA. Has anyone
>> done this?
>
> I have not done it.
> But the tc4400 is one of the view models supported for Vista by HP.
> The necessary drivers are available for download on the HP website.
>
> Rainald
>

My experiences with Vista Ultimate (clean install) are not encouraging.
Though it is a T7200 Dual Core CPU and updated with 2 Gig of RAM, the system
feels slow. When I
write a text email in Outlook 2007 sometimes the letters do not appear for
some seconds - I had that experience last time with an under equipped Win98
PC.

You may enjoy improved handwriting recognition and improved security etc.
But for me it's not a joy.


Stefen




"Rainald Taesler" <taesler@gmx.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> JD shared these words of wisdom:
>
>> I have an option to purchase a used HP tc4400 Tablet currently
>> installed with XP Pro. I want to upgrade it to VISTA. Has anyone
>> done this?
>
> I have not done it.
> But the tc4400 is one of the view models supported for Vista by HP.
> The necessary drivers are available for download on the HP website.
>
> Rainald
>

I upgraded my TC4200, which was the predecessor to your machine, to Vista.
It is running fine, and I would not go back to XP! Vista is a huge
improvement for Tablet owners.

HP has all the drivers updated and they work reasonably well, although I am
having occasional problems with the digitizer not working when awakening
from Hibernate. I haven't noticed any big speed decrease. I do have 1.5 gigs
of RAM, and I have Aero turned off.

"JD" <JD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have an option to purchase a used HP tc4400 Tablet currently installed
>with
> XP Pro. I want to upgrade it to VISTA. Has anyone done this? or does
> anyone
> have any suggestions?

With the Power Boost and conventional paging files both on an 8GB expressed
card now I feel like I just bought a new P.c. TX 1000 2.2+2 +8

It WAS sluggish! Get the SSD now!

That's an AMD chip at 2.2 GHz with maxed out 2GB plus 8GB flash.
"JD" <JD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have an option to purchase a used HP tc4400 Tablet currently installed
>with
> XP Pro. I want to upgrade it to VISTA. Has anyone done this? or does
> anyone
> have any suggestions?

Hi JD
I upgraded my TC4400, and had plenty of issues, with standby and power off,
as well as some driver errors.
I updated the system Bios, and sixed the drivers, and my TC4400 is perfect,
runs very fast, no crashes for a few months,I am very happy. I found Windows
Tablet edition very slow, and Vista is a huge improvement.

"JD" wrote:

> I have an option to purchase a used HP tc4400 Tablet currently installed with
> XP Pro. I want to upgrade it to VISTA. Has anyone done this? or does anyone
> have any suggestions?

JDS. Please tell us what software and updates you've applied to your machine.

I also have a TC4400 that was upgraded to Vista Enterprise. I can tell you
that this is much better than XP Tablet PC but it still has many bugs.

I have 2.5 gigs of ram with vista aero turned on and I think the computer
runs fast enough considering I have a 5400rpm drive which will be replaced
with a 7200rpm one soon.

Good Luck

"JPS" wrote:

> Hi JD
> I upgraded my TC4400, and had plenty of issues, with standby and power off,
> as well as some driver errors.
> I updated the system Bios, and sixed the drivers, and my TC4400 is perfect,
> runs very fast, no crashes for a few months,I am very happy. I found Windows
> Tablet edition very slow, and Vista is a huge improvement.
>
> "JD" wrote:
>
> > I have an option to purchase a used HP tc4400 Tablet currently installed with
> > XP Pro. I want to upgrade it to VISTA. Has anyone done this? or does anyone
> > have any suggestions?

Gariva,

Where are you getting a 7200rpm drive for the tc4400? I didn't think HP
offered that as an internal option.

Tom

they do offer the 7200rpm drives for the tc4400. you can get it as an
upgrade, but when you buy the 120GB hard drive with the tc4400, you can only
get it as an 5400rpm drive. it seems to be a rip off in a way. i just wish
HP sold bigger capacity hard drives for the tc4400. they need 200GB hard
drives for this tablet PC.
"Tom Ker" <thomas.DOT.kerA@Thighmark.com> wrote in message
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> Gariva,
>
> Where are you getting a 7200rpm drive for the tc4400? I didn't think HP
> offered that as an internal option.
>
> Tom
>

i noticed that you "upgraded" to vista enterprise. isn't that only availible
in bulk purchases or whatnot? or do you just work for a company and that why
u have that edition?
"gariva" <gariva@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> JDS. Please tell us what software and updates you've applied to your
> machine.
>
> I also have a TC4400 that was upgraded to Vista Enterprise. I can tell you
> that this is much better than XP Tablet PC but it still has many bugs.
>
> I have 2.5 gigs of ram with vista aero turned on and I think the computer
> runs fast enough considering I have a 5400rpm drive which will be replaced
> with a 7200rpm one soon.
>
> Good Luck
>
> "JPS" wrote:
>
>> Hi JD
>> I upgraded my TC4400, and had plenty of issues, with standby and power
>> off,
>> as well as some driver errors.
>> I updated the system Bios, and sixed the drivers, and my TC4400 is
>> perfect,
>> runs very fast, no crashes for a few months,I am very happy. I found
>> Windows
>> Tablet edition very slow, and Vista is a huge improvement.
>>
>> "JD" wrote:
>>
>> > I have an option to purchase a used HP tc4400 Tablet currently
>> > installed with
>> > XP Pro. I want to upgrade it to VISTA. Has anyone done this? or does
>> > anyone
>> > have any suggestions?