I use a tablet PC – an IBM X41 for most of my computing. I was running Windows XP for Tablets, but recently upgraded to Vista mainly because I had heard that the handwriting recognition was really good.
It is eerily accurate – with no training, out of the box it converts my scrawls to perfect type face 99.99% of the time. I haven’t had to correct it at all this week. For kicks I wrote this sentence with a pen. Pretty good, huh? I bet you can’t even tell the difference….
On a side note but not entirely unrelated – I like the upgrade to Office 2007 mainly for the improvements made to Outlook – 1. It syncs with my iPhone (Office XP did not work). 2. The task / calendar / email integration is really tight – if you’re a fan of David Allen – you’ll definitely dig the new sidebar views and calendar / task integration in the weekly calendar view.
So as the hardcore Mac and Open Source users within ArcStone hang their heads in shame as I publicly talk about liking Vista. Do not give up all hope – as I am a fickle computer user and a big fan of using the best tool for the job.
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