Re: XP: Cool feature with a weakness

"Steve Carroll" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
noone-4A41BF.14263612042007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 4/12/07 1:26 PM:

From what I have read it is built into XP Tablet edition and others (such as
Intel) have copied the key combo for specific drivers and cards.

So if I managed to load the "XP Tablet edition" onto my Gateway tower
and I do this keypress I will have this feature? Or is the keypress
limited only to machines where the video circuitry allows the feature to
be accessed via this keypress? I'm guessing the latter is the case. If
so, then your title is false as this is not a "Cool feature" of XP at
all. The same feature would be available in Vista or any other OS on
that same machine as long as it allows access via a keyboard command.

Ah, if someone says OS X works well with Firewire 800 will you whine that
they are wrong because not all Macs have a Firewire 800 port?

You are not able to understand my comments, Steve: I am not claiming *all*
Windows XP machines have this feature...


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