Microsoft Reveals Windows Vista Versions

The BBC has a story on the next major release of Microsoft Windows, Windows Vista or just Vista, which is expected by the end of the year. Microsoft has broken it out into six versions – three targeted towards home (including one that can has PVR functionality), two for business/corporate useage, and one for “emerging markets”.

This was interesting:

Microsoft pointed out that the current version of Windows, XP, is available in six different versions though most of these are tuned for the different types of hardware, such as a Tablet PC, people are using.

By contrast Vista versions are organised by what people plan to do with their computer.

So it looks like there won’t be a dedicated Tablet PC version, rather you will use one (or more) of the other versions, probably one of the home and one of the corporate versions has the functionality, to install/run on a Tablet PC. It could be that the functionality is built-in all versions of Vista.

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Hands On Review of the Toshiba M400 (Pringle.net.nz)

Craig Pringle has posted a hands on review on his blog, of the Toshiba Portege M400 Tablet PC, one of the ultraportable “convertibles” – having both Tablet PC functionality as well as a physical keyboard. The M400 is one of the first ultraportablte notebooks to have Intel’s new CPU, the Core Duo. It has a 12.1″ display, normally XGA, but apparently there is a BTO option of a widescreen display.