Vista Beta 2, Office 2007 beta 2 and Tablet

Well I took the plunge and ‘upgraded’ my Tablet to Vista Beta 2 and Office 2007 Beta 2.

The first attempt was done using the 512MB of memory that came with the Tablet. Vista Beta 2 runs fine in 512MB, just don’t try and run anything useful.

I’ve now added in another 512MB and it’s looking a lot better than I expected. I have the same problem that Steve noticed with the buttons, but I haven’t had any video driver issues. I still want the rotation to go a full 180 degrees so I can use it as most people would expect a left-hander to use it, although I think I might be the one getting the best deal there because I can scroll and pen at the same time.

I’m trying to swallow a huge pull here though. I’m trying to make a whole handful of transitions all in one go.

• I’m trying to keep the build as clean as possible.
• I’m trying to use the tablet without a keyboard.
• I’m trying to switch to Feeddemon for my RSS stuff.
• I’m trying to move to a tablet oriented way of working when I’m not at my desk typing something detailed.
• I’m trying to loose my various notepads where I write junk and do that in OneNote.
• I’m trying to switch to a tab browsing view of the world.
• When I get around to it I will put Notes 7 on it.
• And trying to do it all on Beta software.

So far it’s been OK, but I have written this in BlogJet because I haven’t yet swallowed all of the changes. I will try Word 2007 blog posting, but there is no guarantee I will stick with it.

(PS: I am going to carry on calling it “Office 2007” and not switch to “2007 Office” until absolutely necessary, who’s ridiculous idea was that anyway)

Tags: Office 2007,Vista Beta 2,Tablet,BlogJet