I received a Lenovo Yoga 10.1 Windows tablet at Christmas. Like many Windows tablets, it has 2GB of RAM. Because of the space required by my Logos library, I've installed Logos 6 to my 64GB SD card. To do so successfully, I followed suggestions in the Logos forums and installed my resources on my desktop PC and indexed them there before moving them and the indices to my tablet. This was after several failed attempts of trying to install and create indices directly on my tablet.
Everything worked fine until some of my resources were updated and/or I purchased additional resources and the indices needed to be updated. When Logos tries to update the indices on the tablet, it either locks up or otherwise fails. It seems the only reliable way to keep my tablet up to date is to continue the steps of updating my desktop PC first and then move everything to my tablet whenever any of my resources change.
Having been in the software industry for over two decades, I can appreciate the position Logos is in: system memory and disk space kept growing but, now, have shrunk with the popularity of real Windows systems that are lower-powered and that have lower limits on system resources. However, as a customer, it is inefficient and an annoyance to go through the same time-consuming steps whenever resources are updated.
The main reason I got the Yoga was to have a convenient, capable device for using with all the books I purchase. I have used an Android tablet, but the Logos app was not as powerful as the Windows desktop app. Neither is the Windows store app. To me, an ideal device would be the Yoga, or something similar, that runs full Windows, since that seems to be the "best" Logos version. Using a Web version is a non-starter, because I can't always have Web access when I need Logos (such as in villages in countries outside the U.S. that don't have Internet access).
Has anyone found a reliable method of updating Logos on a tablet like the Yoga (itself a very nice system, that handles well everything I want it to do, including running Logos smoothly once the resources are in shape)?
A suggestion for the Logos team: what is the possibility of breaking out the indexer so that it can run independently of the Logos app? Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems that Logos currently needs to be ruining for the indexer to run. Having Logos running takes up system resources that could otherwise be used by the indexer. Also, tackling getting the indexer to work on resource-limited systems could be easier with it separated from the main app (of course, I don't know how your code is structured and how much work might be involved in splitting out the indexer 😊).
I love Logos, and I do find it can run quickly enough and smoothly enough on the Yoga. I can also store and use all my Kindle, Nook, and other ebooks on my Yoga. The only thing not working well yet is updating my Logos resources.
Thanks!
Don
