I am a graduate student at the University of Michigan and I had a question on
game development for the Tablet PC. It is my graduate project to develop a
game for the tablet PC that uses the pen as the input device and is written in
C++ using DirectX. As most people have figured out Tablet PC's dont offer the
greatest graphic cards out there (not as if I planned on doing any Hi-Rez
graphics) but what would be the best way to get started? I have tried to
run a
few DirectX samples but they only locked up the system. Does anyone know of a
good shell program or anything like that? Any help would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks!

I'd suggest you post to the microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc.developer
newsgroup. That's where most of the devs hang out for information. You can
also check online at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvis...c/default.aspx
where there's a whole lot of information and very good links available.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"U of M GradMan" <UofMGradMan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am a graduate student at the University of Michigan and I had a question
>on
> game development for the Tablet PC. It is my graduate project to develop
> a
> game for the tablet PC that uses the pen as the input device and is
> written in
> C++ using DirectX. As most people have figured out Tablet PC's dont offer
> the
> greatest graphic cards out there (not as if I planned on doing any Hi-Rez
> graphics) but what would be the best way to get started? I have tried to
> run a
> few DirectX samples but they only locked up the system. Does anyone know
> of a
> good shell program or anything like that? Any help would be greatly
> appreciated. Thanks!

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"Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message
news:OcjXYcP2GHA.4264@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> I'd suggest you post to the microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc.developer
> newsgroup. That's where most of the devs hang out for information. You
can
> also check online at
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvis...c/default.aspx
> where there's a whole lot of information and very good links available.
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>
> "U of M GradMan" <UofMGradMan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:64093666-DB58-412C-9337-C1A4D8470C9F@microsoft.com...
> >I am a graduate student at the University of Michigan and I had a
question
> >on
> > game development for the Tablet PC. It is my graduate project to
develop
> > a
> > game for the tablet PC that uses the pen as the input device and is
> > written in
> > C++ using DirectX. As most people have figured out Tablet PC's dont
offer
> > the
> > greatest graphic cards out there (not as if I planned on doing any
Hi-Rez
> > graphics) but what would be the best way to get started? I have tried
to
> > run a
> > few DirectX samples but they only locked up the system. Does anyone
know
> > of a
> > good shell program or anything like that? Any help would be greatly
> > appreciated. Thanks!
>
>

It's a common misconception that Tablet PC's have weaker than usual
graphics. This is an issue that affects most laptops, not just tablets. Most
laptop/tablet makers in the interest of cost and battery life, choose
integrated graphics over discrete graphics. However, integrated graphics
have come a very long way. The Intel 950 GMA is a very capable chipset.

I don't claim to know much about 3D game programming, but I know that
there's several other factors that you should probably be more concerned
about such as CPU and hard disk speed. There's a variety of options for
these as well. Most tablets have options for Nvidia/ATI based graphics, 7200
RPM hard drives, and dual core CPU's. Check out Gateway's convertible
tablet - it's very customizable. www.gateway.com

--
Josh Einstein / Tablet PC MVP
Einstein Technologies, LLC
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"U of M GradMan" <UofMGradMan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:64093666-DB58-412C-9337-C1A4D8470C9F@microsoft.com...
>I am a graduate student at the University of Michigan and I had a question
>on
> game development for the Tablet PC. It is my graduate project to develop
> a
> game for the tablet PC that uses the pen as the input device and is
> written in
> C++ using DirectX. As most people have figured out Tablet PC's dont offer
> the
> greatest graphic cards out there (not as if I planned on doing any Hi-Rez
> graphics) but what would be the best way to get started? I have tried to
> run a
> few DirectX samples but they only locked up the system. Does anyone know
> of a
> good shell program or anything like that? Any help would be greatly
> appreciated. Thanks!