According to a 2001 Microsoft definition of the term, 'Microsoft Tablet PCs' are pen-based, fully functional x86 PCs with handwriting and voice recognition functionality. įollowing Windows for Pen Computing, Microsoft has been developing for tablets running Windows under the Microsoft Tablet PC name.

The Tablet PC with Windows XP released in 2001 had 128 megabytes of RAM and a 600 megahertz processor, with a storage capacity of 10GB. After releasing Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Microsoft designed the successive desktop computer versions of Windows, Windows Vista and Windows 7, to support pen computing intrinsically. This version of Microsoft Windows superseded Microsoft's earlier pen computing operating environment, Windows for Pen Computing 2.0. This generation of Microsoft Tablet PCs were designed to run Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, the Tablet PC version of Windows XP. In 2003, original equipment manufacturers released the first tablet PCs designed to the Microsoft Tablet PC specification.

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