Greetings,
We are looking at getting some netbooks or possible even some tablets that would allow us a little more portability on our tessitura access on campus. Has anyone had any success with either of these, and if so, what models did you use?
The big question is are you on RAMP? Are you using a terminal server environment of any kind?
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Currently, we are not on RAMP or using Terminal Services.
Hi Joshua,
If you are running a locally hosted instance of Tessitura, my suggestion would be to explore some options with Remote Desktop to the user's machine. There is no way to install the Tessitura client onto a tablet (perhaps with Windows 8, but I haven't seen any success stories out there).
In my opinion, netbooks are not worth even the low pricetag they come with. They are dangerously underpowered and I think your users will try to use them like a regular laptop and quickly become frustrated.
My personal preference is one that I don't think a lot of people have advocated yet. I have a Chromebook and I'm using the Chrome Remote Desktop extension. It requires that the user have a Google account and that Chrome (with the plugin) be installed on the host machine. But it uses 2 factor authentication and I've had great success with it as a laptop I carry during my on-call weeks.
New Chromebooks can be had for less than $300 and they are solid, secure, lightweight machines with excellent battery life.
Hope that helps!
We are also testing out a Surface Pro here at UMS running Windows 8 and Tessitura successfully. We have not yet broached the subject of ticket printing, however - but in general the Surface seems promising (particularly in our University/Active Directory environment...)
Beth