It’s official- Tablet PC is just a feature of Windows

Windows_site_2It is with sadness I have watched Microsoft pull back from the Tablet PC publicly.  In the early days the Tablet PC was a viable product that Redmond touted proudly as it was Bill Gates’ baby.  Once the Tablet PC bits were integrated directly into WIndows Vista we have seen the Tablet PC become just another feature of Vista.  It’s not a product, it’s not really mentioned by Microsoft anywhere.  It’s like it doesn’t really exist anymore, at least not as a real thing.  Mary Jo Foley points out that the new modern Windows web site has launched coincident with the new Jerry Seinfeld advertising kickoff.  The new site is definitely clean and modern and it looks pretty nice.  I have trolled through the site looking for any mention of the Tablet PC and if it’s there it is hidden so well I can’t find it.  It is clear that Vista, Windows Live and Windows Mobile are the focus of Microsoft’s attention on the new site but you won’t even find the word "tablet" anywhere, at least I couldn’t.  This keeps in line with how Microsoft has quietly dropped focus from the Tablet PC over the past few years.  Bill Gates likes them but he’s no longer there.

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