about tablet PC History of the development

Alan Kay Alan Kay, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in the late 1960s the idea of ​​a pen input information of a new notebook computer called the Dynabook. However, the Palo Alto Research Center, not the idea to provide support. The first Tablet PC for commercial the GRiDPad listed in September 1989, the GRiD Systems, manufacturing, its operating system based on MS-DOS. 1991, Tablet PC manufactured by another Go Corporation, Momenta Pentop listed. In 1992, Go launched a dedicated operating system, named PenPoint the OS, Microsoft also introduced Windows for Pen, Computing,. Implied with the word "ThinkPad", the original model of IBMThinkPad series of tablet PCs. These earlier examples have failed, it was small and cramped handwriting recognition rate does not meet the needs of users, and the high price and weight is also a problem. For example, Momenta weighing 7 pounds (3.2 kg) and the price up to $ 5,000!

Since the fall of 2002 because Microsoft to promote Windows XP, Tablet PC Edition and become more and more popular. This Tablet PC has a small market in the industrial, medical and government customers. Now their main user groups for students and professionals. Distinguish between the Tablet PC (running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition) and other Tablet PC is very important (in English the distinction is a Tablet PC and tablet PCs, the lowercase "t"), many manufacturers call them the "Tablet" (flat-panel ). They are all stylus input device, some of the software is designed specifically for the Tablet PC can not run on other devices. Consumers must figure out the software and hardware compatibility issues because the Tablet PC is not just referring to the Microsoft one of the products