I've fully bought into the TabletPC paradigm shift. I bought a Toshiba TabletPC when they first came out and used it on a daily basis to document my business meetings and sketch computer systems architecture.
Remember that it's not always about the driving experience: there is still the living to make and the geek gear to enjoy. My favorite geek gear is my Tablet PC. Haven't ever seen one? Look into it, give it a try, it will absolutely change your entire computing paradigm.
Wonder how to find other professionals to discuss? Join us on http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=66744 in the Tablet PC Enthusiast group to talk about what we're doing professionally with these - and it's not all in the corporate world either.
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Mary Jo Foley has made no bones about the fact that she is not fond of TabletPC’s and related devices. Okay — fine, I get that. But how in the world can she continue to miss the point here so far? In an article today outlining any negative thought she can come up with, she once again attacks the TabletPC, .....
GottaBeMobile.com - a TabletPC oriented magazine, has a good post on how to blog in ink. It's complicated, it takes several steps, but it does work. But does that mean we really want to do it?
Yes and no. When I originally setup my blog several years ago, I wanted to use by TabletPC to blog directly - in ink. Because it could be done. Problem is that nobody wants to see my handwriting... being a geek means handwriting isn't something I concentrate on perfecting. I got it to work... kinda... but my handwriting made it a bad thing. So, in the end, I just converted my handwriting to text and that was enough.
Problem is that this is blasphemy to TabletPC folks - of which I'm absolutely one. But then, this is why MS provided a conversion tool? Answer: for people with handwriting like me. Poor me. So, in the end, I can use it to annotate images... but not for the entire blog. That would get "old" for my readers really quickly.
He details his experiences running Vista on his TabletPC. This is something I haven't been able to do yet... I'm waiting until the post-Vista ship timeframe to buy a new TabletPC. Next one has to have 128mg of video memory and a faster disk drive (aka 7200 rpm drive: atypical for a laptop)to satisfy me... and a docking station. That probably limits the choices to one: Toshiba - and a possible successor to the M4 (purely a guess, since nothing is announced).
Meanwhile, though, I'm already runing Vista on everything but one machine. I, too, have my issues... but fewer than most people. It's great, I'm hooked. If the next CTP has the upgrade features working, I'm in for good.
Mary Jo Foley has made no bones about the fact that she is not fond of TabletPC’s and related devices. Okay — fine, I get that. But how in the world can she continue to miss the point here so far? 
