Here are some of the top reasons to buy a Tablet PC. The decisions are based on the common scenarios found in day to day life and comparison of the scenario before the Tablet PC was developed and after using the Tablet PC.
1. A more powerful and versatile mobile experience
The Tablet PC does everything that your PC or NoteBook does, without requiring all the usual input devices, making it instantly more flexible and more natural to use. Its portability surpasses even the standard notebook design, forming a powerful mobile solution. It runs the Windows XP Tablet Edition operating system which is a superset of Windows XP Professional with specific enhancements for Tablet PCs.
This also means that you can run applications that are compatible with Windows XP, giving you access to the tools that you have on your desktop PC in a mobile and versatile computer. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition is a superset of Windows XP Professional and provides the power of Windows XP with no sacrifices. Tablet PC Edition has the full capabilities of Windows XP Professional, plus additional features to enable pen-based computing . And, because it is a Windows operating system, Windows XP-compatible applications will run on Tablet PC.
2. Tablet PC Input Panel
Input Panel is an on-screen keyboard and writing pad that lets you input text into applications (including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint) using your own handwriting. It also gives you the option to call up the on-screen keyboard which you tap using the Tablet's digital pen. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition lets you interact with your PC in a more natural way by incorporating the convenient and intuitive aspects of pen and paper into the PC experience.
Using a digital pen and the Input Panel utility, you can write directly on the screen and save your notes in your own handwriting or convert them to typed text for input into other applications. In addition to entering text, your digital pen can do those things typically done with a mouse and keyboard (open applications, select text, display menus), but you can use a mouse or keyboard if you prefer.
3. Microsoft Windows Journal
Windows Journal turns your Tablet PC into a digital writing pad. Notes can then be taken directly onto your Tablet PC, so you don't have to enter them into your computer later. Also it is smartly designed to work with other applications so that handwritten data can be exported to text and saved in other applications without the need to enter them again. Windows Journal makes it easy to capture the text, diagrams, and pictures you would normally create using pen and paper. Advanced handwriting recognition technology lets you search your handwritten notes to quickly find what you need.
4. Microsoft Reader
MS Reader allows people to read and annotate electronic texts during study or discussions. MS Reader is included with your Tablet PC, books can be easily downloaded from online book shops.
5. Advanced handwriting recognition / conversion
Flexible handwriting technology allows you to convert handwritten notes to text when want a formal, typed result. Alternatively, you can save your handwritten notes in Microsoft's Digital Ink format, as if you had written them in your notepad or exercise book in class or on a field trip, for example. As these are saved as Digital Ink you can search for words within your handwritten work, just as you would if it was text. the Tablet PC's powerful but simple Ink Controls and Applications Programming Interfaces allow software developers to extend existing applications with pen and ink and to develop new applications using this technology.
6. Document annotation
You can annotate directly onto documents with the Tablet PC digital pen - letting you mark up articles, assignments and homework with your comments before they are sent. Include hand drawn sketches, diagrams and drawings quickly and easily to any assignment.
7. Gestures
You can use your digital pen to make "gestures," which are movements with the pen that complete common tasks such as pointing, clicking, selecting, and dragging. All this adds up to the most advanced operating system that Microsoft have ever produced, and one that works seamlessly with RM's range of software titles. It really does allow you amazing functionality in a ultra portable design. Computing will never be the same.
8. Mobility
The Tablet PC provides everything you expect in a mobile PC, in a form that allows you to be productive in more situations—at your desk, in the hallway, at a meeting, or on the go. The Tablet PC comes in two basic forms: the "convertible," with an integrated keyboard, and the ultra-mobile "pure tablet," which has innovative docking solutions for easy access to the keyboard while at your desk. The Tablet PC supports grab-and-go removal from a docking station and has a fast resume-from-standby time. These capabilities combined with wireless network support give you greater mobility and immediate access to the full power of your PC.
9. collaboration
Collaboration has been made Easily and Effectively . Windows XP Tablet PC Edition lets you integrate electronic "ink" into Office XP applications. With the Office XP Pack for Tablet PC, and you can use ink with core Office XP applications: You can add ink comments in Microsoft Word 2002 documents, emphasize key points using ink during PowerPoint 2002 presentations, and write and send ink e-mails through Outlook® 2002—all in your own handwriting. You can share these handwritten documents with other PC users, regardless of whether they have a Tablet PC.
10. Personalization
You can Personalize Your Experience more than that was possible with a laptop. Using Tablet and Pen Settings controls, you can customize your Tablet PC: Calibrate your pen, optimize your Tablet PC for left- or right-handed operation, and program your Tablet PC's hardware buttons to complete specific actions, such as opening an application or changing screen orientation from landscape to portrait.
11. Localization in Multiple languages.
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition is localized into English, German, French, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified ampersand Traditional), and Korean. It also supports the Windows XP Multilingual User Interface (MUI), which lets you change dialog boxes, menus, help files, dictionaries, and proofing tools for each user's language.
12. Security
Tablet PC helps users by providing powerful protection for critical data. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition offers all of the protection features of Windows XP Professional, including the Encrypting File System security feature and the access control feature. Tablet PC also supports secure log on using a single CTRL+ALT+DEL hardware button.