Hi everyone. I'm new to Logos4 but wanted to acquaint other users with my experience with the software on a window7 tablet.
I wanted to use L4 on a windows7 tablet so I could make full use of the software. Unfortunately, Windows7 is just not made for touch-screen screen, and what few Win7 tablets exist are almost all disappointments, at least according to CNET.
According to CNET, the best Win7 tablet is, by far, the ASUS EP-121 (Or B-121 in Europe). Unfortunately, that model was not available, so I got what appeared to be the second best Win7 tablet: the ACER W500.
I've been using this Acer for several days, and I'm quite happy with the performance. It has 2GB RAM, a SSD, and a C-60 processor. Together, those three aspects seem to work well enough. Searching on the search pane can be sluggish, but the power lookup works quite well.
I am using the tablet only for logos4, and I did have to remove a bunch of bloatware to ensure there was sufficient room. The SSD only comes with about 30 GB of usable space, and that turned out to be a close call...I would recommend people try to find a slightly larger SSD (I think the ASUS EP-121 might have varieties with 60+GB, which would be much more comfortable). Hopwefully, later versions of L4 will make it easier to "hide" more books, which would alleviate this to a significant extent.
I have bad eyes, so I need very big font. Even so, I find it quite comfortable to read on in portrait mode. I use about 3/4 of the screen for the text and 1/4 for power lookup, and that works very well for me. Someone with normal eyes should be able to comfortably use it in landscape mode with two or three panels to good effect.
Because my tablet has no keyboard input, I find clippings much easier than notes. I would not recommend people us a tablet as their only computer for logos, but it does seem to be a good choice for background reading and many other facets of sermon prep where the cross referencing of L4's full power is important. You can take a clipping of anything that stands out and then, on your main computer, add notes later.
To make the input more friendly, I recommend using the general scaling feature in the program settings, this makes the sliders and other buttons bigger for touch-screen input, and you can then dial the font size down to compensate if you are someone who (unlike me) can read regular-sized print comfortably.
