I'm curious as to whether there's a way to turn a tablet PC back into a
laptop. E.g. will installing WinXP Pro work?

The Tablet PC Edition is a superset of XP Pro, so you'd already have it. No
need to reinstall a different version.

--
Terri Stratton
Microsoft Windows MVP / Tablet PC
http://thetabletpc.net
Expert Zone - http://microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/default.asp


"Bob" <bobvogt********.com> wrote in message
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> I'm curious as to whether there's a way to turn a tablet PC back into a
> laptop. E.g. will installing WinXP Pro work?
>

It should work, but you would lose all of the pen and Ink features of the
Tablet PC operating system if you installed Win XP on a tablet PC.

Linda A. Epstein
Microsoft MVP Tablet PC
Editor/Publisher: www.TabletPc2.com


"Bob" <bobvogt********.com> wrote in message
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> I'm curious as to whether there's a way to turn a tablet PC back into a
> laptop. E.g. will installing WinXP Pro work?
>
>

you don't have to turn it into laptop because it already is a laptop +
tablet pc in one.
i usually turn the screen 180 degrees and it is enough to make a notebook
out of my tablet pc , no more actions needed.

"Bob" <bobvogt********.com> wrote in message
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> I'm curious as to whether there's a way to turn a tablet PC back into a
> laptop. E.g. will installing WinXP Pro work?
>
>

I never use the pen and ink but the tablet services slow my machine down.
Ideally, I'd like to just turn the ones off I'm not using.

Bob


"Linda A. Epstein ~ MS MVP" <NoSpamLae@usa.net> wrote in message
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> It should work, but you would lose all of the pen and Ink features of the
> Tablet PC operating system if you installed Win XP on a tablet PC.
>
> Linda A. Epstein
> Microsoft MVP Tablet PC
> Editor/Publisher: www.TabletPc2.com
>
>
> "Bob" <bobvogt********.com> wrote in message
> news:40a01f0f$1@news.microsoft.com...
>> I'm curious as to whether there's a way to turn a tablet PC back into a
>> laptop. E.g. will installing WinXP Pro work?
>>
>>
>
>

Have you given thought to adding more RAM to the machine? Mine will
out-perform my desktop any day, using identical programs (except high-end
games) and with everything enabled. The Tablet PCs are really wonderful
machines. Perhaps you should investigate the alternative, and use all the
capabilities of your Tablet.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Bob" <bobvogt********.com> wrote in message
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>I never use the pen and ink but the tablet services slow my machine down.
>Ideally, I'd like to just turn the ones off I'm not using.
>
> Bob

"Bob" <bobvogt********.com> wrote in message
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> I never use the pen and ink but the tablet services slow my machine down.
> Ideally, I'd like to just turn the ones off I'm not using.

nonsense!!!
I don't believe that putting regular windows xp instead of tablet pc oS
(which is "windows xp tablet pc edition") would speed up your computer!


--
http://msmobiles.com - aLL about MS Smartphone and other
MS powered cellphoneZ.

My 2 cents -

Since the ink is given the high byte instead of the mouse in a tablet, I see
tablet pc OS at times sluggish in responding to my mouse actions.
Nevertheless, that is too small a disadvantage to give up tablet pcs. You
could install plain vanilla windows xp, but ink etc. won't work .. and hey
I'd stay around the latest and keep the ink .. DUDE !!

- Sahil Malik
Independent Consultant
You can reach me thru my blog at -
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sahilmalik/



"Bob" <bobvogt********.com> wrote in message
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> I'm curious as to whether there's a way to turn a tablet PC back into a
> laptop. E.g. will installing WinXP Pro work?
>
>

So why do you have a tablet? Why didn't you get a regular laptop instead? would have been way cheaper.

I got a tablet for my project, which had to be tablet enabled for certain
reasons.

Why I like a tablet better than a laptop is because of it's form factor and
because it's relatively more natural way of communication, my productivity
goes up. Not to mention, I can read e-books from it, and the biggest
advantage - my hands don't hurt as I am not typing all day.

Even the voice recog. works fairly well, so I see myself talking a lot to my
computer.

- Sahil Malik
Independent Consultant
You can reach me thru my blog at -
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sahilmalik/



"Blank" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> So why do you have a tablet? Why didn't you get a regular laptop instead?
would have been way cheaper.