Netbooks and Tablets

If this helps, we are running Tessitura on Microsoft Surface Pro tablets under Windows 8. You could probably do the same on any tablet form factor running Windows 8. Tessitura seems to run quite naturally, and it is a very portable form factor. Since Tessitura is not fully optimized for a touch interface, it is very convenient to have both the input pen and a mouse pointer, which makes Tessitura quite usable in the Surface Pro tablet format.

Given the portability of this tablet device, it is hard to see any advantages of a NetBook over the tablet.

It also required little training, once users are running Windows 8 there is almost nothing else they need in order to use the tablet, or to run Tessitura on it.

Alan

Alan Levine
The Kennedy Center

 

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!

Currently, we are not on RAMP or using Terminal Services.

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If this helps, we are running Tessitura on Microsoft Surface Pro tablets under Windows 8. You could probably do the same on any tablet form factor running Windows 8. Tessitura seems to run quite naturally, and it is a very portable form factor. Since Tessitura is not fully optimized for a touch interface, it is very convenient to have both the input pen and a mouse pointer, which makes Tessitura quite usable in the Surface Pro tablet format.

Given the portability of this tablet device, it is hard to see any advantages of a NetBook over the tablet.

It also required little training, once users are running Windows 8 there is almost nothing else they need in order to use the tablet, or to run Tessitura on it.

Alan

Alan Levine
The Kennedy Center

 

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!

Currently, we are not on RAMP or using Terminal Services.

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