As much as the fanbois seem to be having an orgy voting Roach down, he IS right in this regard. At the moment Vista/XP's tablet functionality (obviously) is better than apple's. I say obviously because there (obviously) aren't any apple tablets out there right now, so the comparison is relatively moot to begin with.
Regardless, I use a tablet every single day for serious note taking, web browsing, email writing, everything, and Vista's tablet functionality is better than anything I've seen out there. Trust me, I've been using handwriting recognition consumer level devices since the Palm III days, and I'm very impressed. Handwriting recognition through the tablet input panel is extremely accurate, learns your handwriting with normal use (and from specific corrections you make character by character), and becomes astonishingly better with each and every use. This functionality works through an API with all the other handwriting-type input dialogs. Believe me, I have a hard time reading my own handwriting, but this thing is close to 99% right-on.
Moreover, what killer note taking application is there for mac anyways? Something that's tablet-HID type enabled? Sorry guys, but OneNote has you beat in that regard. If you haven't used it, try it out. It seriously is the biggest kept secret in all of Microsoft's... (or M$ if you prefer) product lineup.
But again, apple isn't even trying in this market. Perhaps they'll do the same thing to tablet GUI/use like they did to WM with the iPhone... Capacitive is the new sexy.
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nerdtalker @ Dec 27th 2007 1:09AM
As much as the fanbois seem to be having an orgy voting Roach down, he IS right in this regard. At the moment Vista/XP's tablet functionality (obviously) is better than apple's. I say obviously because there (obviously) aren't any apple tablets out there right now, so the comparison is relatively moot to begin with.
Regardless, I use a tablet every single day for serious note taking, web browsing, email writing, everything, and Vista's tablet functionality is better than anything I've seen out there. Trust me, I've been using handwriting recognition consumer level devices since the Palm III days, and I'm very impressed. Handwriting recognition through the tablet input panel is extremely accurate, learns your handwriting with normal use (and from specific corrections you make character by character), and becomes astonishingly better with each and every use. This functionality works through an API with all the other handwriting-type input dialogs. Believe me, I have a hard time reading my own handwriting, but this thing is close to 99% right-on.
Moreover, what killer note taking application is there for mac anyways? Something that's tablet-HID type enabled? Sorry guys, but OneNote has you beat in that regard. If you haven't used it, try it out. It seriously is the biggest kept secret in all of Microsoft's... (or M$ if you prefer) product lineup.
But again, apple isn't even trying in this market. Perhaps they'll do the same thing to tablet GUI/use like they did to WM with the iPhone... Capacitive is the new sexy.