Tablet PCs for nearly a decade ran almost exclusively with a Windows operating system. Enterprising users could install various forms of Linux and occasionally a third party would try their hand ...

Five years ago, on November 7 2002, Microsoft launched Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Bill Gates himself was on-hand to launch the new platform at a large press event. “The launch of the Tablet ...

As the year draws to a close it's time to start speculating as to what 2011 will bring. One item that's bound to dominate discussions are tablet PCs and whether Microsoft can make Windows work on ...

The first crop of tablet PCs with the Microsoft OS have done relatively well. The tablet market, which includes machines with the Microsoft operating system, along with more specialized hardware ...

Rather, users will be able to shift from tablet mode to PC mode on-the-fly, something we have witnessed with the Windows 10 OS. There is going to be support for mouse and keyboard operations as well.

The vendors used the PC Expo show, held here this week, to show beta software, prototype Tablet PCs and new applications. The Tablet PC, first unveiled publicly at Comdex Fall in 2000 by Bill ...

At the New York launch this week, ISVs plan to demonstrate applications integrated with the Tablet PC OS, including Adobe Systems' Tablet PC plug-in for Acrobat, Corel's Grafigo 1.0, Autodesk's ...

Windows RT flopped but, seriously, is there any tablet OS that take on Android and iOS? Written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Senior Contributing Editor July 19, 2013 at 10:24 a.m. PT ...

Does Windows 7 have a future on consumer tablets? Based on the angle that PC manufacturers seem to be taking, the outlook appears grim.

Windows 10 handles tablets with a system called, unsurprisingly, “tablet mode.” It’s a bigger, slightly simplified, more Windows 8-like interface that can be toggled on and off as needed.

Chrome OS tablet vs. Android tablet Tablets are a great balance between laptops and mobile devices, with the portability of a smartphone and the processing capabilities of a laptop. Recent tablets ...

Updated: Rumor has it that Microsoft (MSFT) will demonstrate a Windows 8-based tablet PC OS next week. That puts it on-course for a release around the time that the iPad 3 is predicted. Few are ...