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windows xp tablet vs windows vista
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:09 pm
by henryliu99
Does windows vista have any additional benefits of windows xp tablet in terms of performance? Will it see the 4gb of ram I have?
I have an x61t with 4gb of ram (only 2.99gb recognized in winxp) and 1.8gig core 2 duo.
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:28 pm
by ducky2802
I like xp over vista for the tablet version. And you need vista x64 to use all 4gb.
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:17 pm
by j-dawg
If you have a Vista license, you can install Vista 64-bit even if you haven't got the media. Your existing license will cover it.
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:39 am
by ryengineer
I second the motion of Windows XP tablet.
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:58 pm
by snots
Hi, I had the same question as the orig. poster: which is better for *tablet* (inking / etc) functionality: Vista (32/64) or XP?
I will get 2 gigs of ram so I don't care about 4 gigs of ram.
I heard that Vista is better for inking (has some improvements?) and also it scales DPI up better so windows are less awkwardly sized up (font-wise), as compared to XP's DPI up-scaling.
I also heard XP Tablet edition was more of an "afterthought", so it feels more "patched" as opposed to Vista's built-in Tablet functionality?
Thanks!
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:59 am
by fuscob
snots wrote:Hi, I had the same question as the orig. poster: which is better for *tablet* (inking / etc) functionality: Vista (32/64) or XP?
I will get 2 gigs of ram so I don't care about 4 gigs of ram.
I heard that Vista is better for inking (has some improvements?) and also it scales DPI up better so windows are less awkwardly sized up (font-wise), as compared to XP's DPI up-scaling.
I also heard XP Tablet edition was more of an "afterthought", so it feels more "patched" as opposed to Vista's built-in Tablet functionality?
Thanks!
I have an X60 Tablet and an X61 Tablet on the way, and I agree with everything in that post, having used both XP Tablet and Vista Business on my X60t.
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 3:54 pm
by XIII
Vista has much better support for tablet comparing to XP tablet.
My suggestion would be to try out both before deciding.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:08 pm
by snots
This site has some suppport for why Vista is better.
http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/ ... ion_1.html
Apparently, Vista learns to recognize your handwriting over time, XP doesn't. Vista has better all-around built-in support for tablets as well.