 | Chris Hassler of Sandpoint, Idaho, is a self-taught Windows expert, a Windows XP Tablet PC Edition MVP, and one of the original Windows XP Expert Zone Associate Experts. Chris is disabled with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. You can find his technical expertise in the Windows XP Tablet PC newsgroup, Microsoft Broadband Networking newsgroup,Windows XP Media Center Edition newsgroup, Windows XP Games newsgroup and other Windows XP newsgroups. His PC: Four machines:
- Home built, AMD Athlon 1 gigahertz CPU, with 512 MB of RAM, two 40-GB hard disks, running Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition and Windows 98 Second Edition on separate partitions.
- HP Pavilion running Windows XP Media Center Edition, connected to satellite feed.
- Sony Vaio laptop with 512 MB of RAM running Windows XP Home Edition.
- Acer Tablet PC, running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.
All networked running wireless Microsoft Broadband Networking hardware including wireless base station/router, USB adapters and PCMCIA cards. Favorite computing sites:Microsoft Help and Support Web Site "That's where I hang out a lot!", and MVPs.org. "Actually, I spend a lot of time going through these 'headquarters' pages of many of Microsoft's MVP people." His own words:"Helping people is something which keeps me occupied, since I cannot work, and is a method by which I can return favor to those who helped me in the mid- to late-1970s when my curiousity about computers first grabbed me and I started asking questions. Being on permanent disability, I cannot earn any money, so I ask people I help to freely do a favor for someone who cannot either afford it or doesn't have the skills/knowledge to do what they need - and request that person to do the same for someone else. My interest in the Tablet PC is to supply the information of their capabilities through everyday use. The machines are powerful enough to handle Windows XP Pro, Office XP, and any program that can run on Windows XP Professional, yet small, mobile, and easy to use. The Tablet is going to change the way building contractors, electricians, sports coaches and you and I do our computing. I'm pumped with the usage possibilities - smaller than a laptop, yet many times the power of a PDA and much more flexible. Did I mention I'm excited about the Tablet?" |
