RDSS & Netbooks

[amtrak90]

Any good recommendations for a RDSS frendly netbook...Basically can 1024x600 provide adequate sreen size or do i have to wait for the 1366 x 768 models to come out

Thanks

GNE

[RichieP]

Good morning Gregory
Here is a link to a thread about this subject:
http://paceandcap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6183&page=2

A user is very happy happy with his HP netbook(Hewlett Packard 311-1000NR 11.6" HD screen, resolution 1366 x 768, XP operating system.) and RDSS :)

Hope this helps a bit

[Ted Craven]

Greg,

For the current version of RDSS, you'd need at least 768. The next one will work OK with 600 vertical resolution. In all cases, the 768 variety of netbook would likely be more pleasant: you could increase the font size a little more, see a few more lines of screens of data including 2 panels of data for a given horse's PPs.

Ted

[amtrak90]

Appreciate the input guys. I'll be giving RDSS my first effort tomorrow at the big A. I currently will use the tips Ted provided as my current netbook only has a 1024x600 res...All goes well I'll try and bankroll one of those high res machines before the spring season...ha!

Awesome job on the program Ted...goodbye Excel spreadsheets!!

Happy New Year

GNE

[Ted Craven]

Good luck Greg! Remember, with 600 pixels vertical, you will not be able to see the race tabs for the Card across the bottom of the screen, or the Card Summary Tab, so after you finish working on the 1st race, to move to a different race, you'll have to close the card then reopen it again so you get the Card Summary screen again and can choose another race. Seriously inconvenient!!

Hope you hit a few good ones soon, or can still exchange it for something larger...

Seriously, all the best. Keep us posted on your work, and don't forget to ask any questions or advice.

Happy New Year!

Ted

[barb craven]

A friend of mine just got an Acer netbook Aspire one 721 with an
AMD Athlon (tr) II processer, 2G RAM, 64 bit, 11 1/2 screen with 1366x768 resolution. Price was just over $300. I'm thinking about it. Any thoughts as to how it would handle RDSS?

[mikesal57]

hi barb...

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/acer-aspire-one-521-and-721-review/

well heres a review .....but as you can read AMD is just entering the netbook market and these would be attractive because of the prices . There are some drawbacks but its up to you to decide. I'm sure it can handle RDSS.

gl
Mike

[barb craven]

Thanks Mike. I read that review and others. I can live with 4 and a bir hours battery. I just want it be able to run RDSS. I'm going to Mexico in February and I don't want to have to take my big one. Too much to carry. The sale ends today and I don't know if I can still get one. $299 is $150 off th regular price.. That's pretty good for all that's on it.

[mikesal57]

Thanks Mike. I read that review and others. I can live with 4 and a bir hours battery. I just want it be able to run RDSS. I'm going to Mexico in February and I don't want to have to take my big one. Too much to carry. The sale ends today and I don't know if I can still get one. $299 is $150 off th regular price.. That's pretty good for all that's on it.

300 is great ..if you still can..gl

p.s- dont drink the water in mexico...;)

[barb craven]

Got it two days ago, but didn't get home until today to try it out. I've been playing around with it all day. I can open 7 cards in RDSS. The 8th one crashed. It's fast and the screen is so bright even someone like me who had to enlarge RDSS on my laptop 35%, can see the readouts no sweat at the default settings. The downside for this is that so far I only get 4.5 hours on the battery, but I think I can increase this more by bringing down the brightness on the screen.

I can only bring up two screens at a time, but that's all I normally do anyway. With Windows 7 I can see all open races across the bottom of the screen just by pointing the cursor at the RDSS logo there. I LIKE this. And it's as light as a feather.:)

[malickdo]

Was wondering if RDSS will be able to work on either an IPAD or an Andriod tablet device ... anyone, please provide any guidance. Thx so much.

Doug

[mikesal57]

Was wondering if RDSS will be able to work on either an IPAD or an Andriod tablet device ... anyone, please provide any guidance. Thx so much.

Doug

Dont think so...EXE files are made for Windows based operating systems
I'm sure Ted will drop in to answer you

[Ted Craven]

Doug, Mike,

Greetings from warm and beautiful Beaufort South Carolina (here for a week vacation :) ).

RDSS needs a Windows operating system to run, and that will probably always be the case (until I port it to be a web application...). So it won't run nativly on an iPad/Phone or Android pads.

That said, here's the plan: I have been running RDSS2 on a Windows based server for a year now (I showed a demo of this at Saratoga last year and to TrackMaster last October). If you put a copy of RDSS on a server (i.e. in the 'cloud') you can access it using an iPad running 'Remote Desktop Connection' of any of several apps which implement Windows RDP protocol. Same goes for the Android OS.

I have been experimenting with several of the consumer offerings of cloud computing (e.g. Rackspace, GoGrid, Amazon ECS) where you rent space and time on a cloud server as you need it, and mount whatever Windows programs you need there, to be accessed and charged by the minute/hour. (For example, check out rackspace.com - you can get up and going for pennies to check out a Windows Server 2003/2008 setup, and have RDSS running in an hour or so - you need to know a bit about running Remote Desktop Protocol...) There's a few moving parts which I have not quite figured out, but this could be an effective method for folks to access their RDSS app and data on the go, using ANY modern pads or phones.

I'll report and demo more about this as I understand more about pricing and access options.

You can also run RDSS on your own Windows computer and permit access to it remotely by similar RDP means, so you wouldn't have to rent server space - simply load a remote access app like Wyse PocketCloud on your iPad and connect to your own computer.

Some ideas there for further research and reporting by folks!

cheers,

Ted

[azbacks]

Y'all have a good time now, ya heah?

[malickdo]

Ted - Thanks for the explanation - I am not that familiar with RDP - but very interested in the idea and flexibility. Please keep sharing as you know more and I'll do the same.

Doug