Tablet for Logos?

John Goodman said:

It sounds from the responses like running desktop logos on a tablet is going to need one beefy and expensive tablet anyways?

Not at all. The Venue 8 pro can be had for $150 - $200.

The 11 pro with more ram and i5 processor for $400 or so on ebay.

David Taylor Jr said:

What folder do we need to look at to see our current library size, and how much does the desktop app itself take?  I'm looking into tablets as well.

Edit:

I have a modest library (1658 resources, Total logos folder size: 21.7 GB ) I have Microsoft Office installed. It came with it. I manly keep it so I have one note, but Windows 10 comes with a stripped down version of one  note, So i have the option to remove Office for a bit more disk space. I said all that to make the point that I still have 19.2 GB free space. If one clones a working version of Logos to the tablet, It is not necessary to do a total index. However I tried a full index and it did just fine.  Your mileage may vary.

If you didn't see it on Faithlife, I have 2 GB ram.

I wonder if  the resources one hides in Verbum are mirrored in Logos. If not you could run Verbum on the tablet and logos on everything else.

Go in peace.

It's too bad that Faithlife hasn't made the full PC version of Logos suitable for the tablet environment. Having the full PC version on a small Windows tablet is not ideal, but highlighting with a stylus is still better than on the iOS or Android mobile apps. I do agree with Alabama24 that reading is better on the mobile apps.

I use Lenovo Yoga 2 10" tablet with Windows 10, SSD 32 GB and 128 GB SD card.

It works flawlessly with all the applications including the MS Office 2016. The only problem is the size of the SSD disk, mainly for Logos. It is not produced with the 64 GB or 128 GB disk and that is a problem. I installed Logos on C drive and use junction function to put Data folder on the SD drive. Also I have to put OneDrive on the virtual disk created on SD card.

Eventually I think am going to replace this tablet with (hopefully) Surface Pro 4 with at least 256 GB to be able to have Logos on the main disk.

You might see if there is an actual Microsoft store within a reasonable distance from you. General retailers are too often Windows houses of horror, unfortunately.

Yes I am running the latest version of iOS 9.

-Dan

Ward Walker said:

Alabama: Many of my highlights were done before the new "by-resource" convention, which I have now started using (vs "by palette).  I wish that Logos made a tool where I could migrate my old palette highlights out into Resource or Theme Notes files.  

I second that motion. I have tons of highlights I made when I had no highlighting strategy and now wish they could be easily moved into various new documents easily and in bulk. Sure wish Logos would reinvent notes and highlighting. This is a very, very weak area for such wonderful software. 

Hello

Happy HOLYdays.

I continue to use my "hot-brick", The Original Surface Pro, with a small noisy desk fan blowing on it all the time, and wish I could get a smaller, less heavy, not overly expensive replacement.  I use an Android Tablet (Galaxy S and not the inferior lower resolution S2 either!) for reading but miss the full better functionality Windows 10 provides.

What a shame the Surface Pro options (I have a huge library folks) are not lower priced and available for all.  I do not think anything less than an I5 would work for a Windows machine but I keep getting intrigued by the Dell Venue 8 pro. (64 GB version) notes I keep reading for a scaled down Windows only mobile approach - but it seems labor intensive to get it right - and I like automatically indexing that doesn't take hours or days too.

Guess I am stuck with my Surface Pro.  I cannot afford to upgrade and I will not switch to IOS (the dreaded Apple) at any price.

Blessings one and all....and happy LOGOS-ing.

Joshua in RI

I currently use an Atom / 64GB SSD / 2GB RAM / Windows 8.1 Acer Aspire Switch 10 with Logos 6.9 Beta 1 as my main machine. Logos is installed on a Micro SD card.

I have had this PC for about 8 months and like all Windows machines I've owned, it seems to be getting more and more sluggish and unstable over time.

I am thinking of getting a slightly more powerful machine with Core m5 / 128GB SSD / 4GB RAM / Windows 10 (with Logos installed on the main SSD instead of Micro SD card).

Has anyone had first-hand experience that could shed light on whether / how much each of the following factors would boost the performance of Logos (during indexing and also responsiveness during regular usage)?

• Atom vs Core m5 processor
• Logos installed on SSD vs Micro SD card
• 2GB RAM vs 4GB RAM
• Windows 8.1 vs Windows 10

Note: I have 6,096 resources - a Portfolio-level library.

Thanks,

Peter

I know I am late to this discussion but I am about to leave the Android tablet world for good.  Been using one for a couple of years now along with the Logos Bible app and I will admit that I like the form-factor and the portability.  But there are many negatives in my estimation.  The following points apply:

1) Android seems to be not much more than a platform designed to accomplish one thing ... supply Google (and others) with information about the User which can then be sold to advertisers/retailers.  I am so tired of constantly being barraged with advertising designed to try and catch my eye (and get me to click on it).  Even with high speed internet (60Mbs), web browsing in the Android environment slows to a crawl because of all of the ads/videos/popups/etc. that are making it past the Ad-Blocker.

2) I am extremely dubious of all of the permissions/data that the apps claim to need to know ... Sudoku needs to know my location and who my Contacts are?  Really!?

3) The ARM processors are slow and unable to handle any meaningful multitasking.  An Intel executive once said (referring to ARM processor mfgs), "They make propellers.  We make jet engines."  And I think he was correct.  As a result, Android only handles "apps" not full blown applications. 

4) I detest the non-removable bloatware that comes with each tablet (I know ... I could always root it, but that's not what I bought it for.  Besides, by doing so, I lose other functionality that I do want). 

5) Generally no way to prevent the system from phoning home any time it wants to ... and who knows what it is reporting back to the mothership?

6) Using an on-screen keyboard is, frankly, a pain in the bazoo for anything more than just a few words.

There are probably a few more issues I could cite but you get the idea.  I suspect much the same could be said about Apple.  Anyway, I intend to return to a full blown, Intel-based laptop with Windows 10 and Logos for my mobile needs.  At least I am able to know what the system is doing, have the power and speed to run full programs (not just apps), can genuinely multitask, and can block Microsoft spying and virtually all ads.