Janes 688(i) on a netbook

[grover]

I didnt end up getting the PC tablet I wanted (Viliv x70) but I have (through work) got an Intel Classmate tablet to use/try/test
This is an atom 1.6, 1gb ram, 8.9" screen jobbie with a swivel touch screen and accelerometer and is pretty cool. the units we have have a 6 cell battery too which makes them a bit more awkward to hold, and a little heavy but otherwise its a great little machine

So it took a while to get all the drivers working since i had been playing with windows 7, but without a bunch of win7 drivers, XP is the only option.
Last night I put steam on and installed 688i


Heres the ship control station.


The accelerometer will flip the screen the right way up when in tablet mode. Cool, but useless in portrait mode




Because its set up for handwriting, its best to use a stylus or fingernail. You have to press quite hard if using finger presses.


Draging around waypoints for the tomahawks was easy enough.


To enter waypoints manually, the default writing input software came up. Its not perfect and you have to be fairly neat with your writing, but it did work.





Conclusion? ive only really just started playing. Have completed a single mission, just did an easy one with the downed pilot so I dont know what it would be like under a heavy work load. i think it would be slow. Having an onscreen keyboard I though would be a benefit, especially if you have a full tablet and no access to a physical keyboard.

Generally the use of a stylus is pretty cool, but it may be a novelty. One thing is tho, not being able to right click easily, when changing course, depth, speed etc, if you want to go from 8knots to 5 knots, you have to cycle up all the way through the range, eg, 9, 0, 1, 2 etc. Its not too much of a hassle but could be under a heavy work load.

For Janes 688i though, the screen res is great. It does stretch the screen (1024x600) but it doesnt look too weird and its easy to forget.
It may be a bit harder to do things in places, but generally, for the benefi of being able to sit in front of the TV and play a game with it on your lap, its brilliant. Having something thinner with a decent pop up keyboard would be better, but this will do until I win lotto and can afford an Archos 9.

[grover]

doh, pics should work now. They worked when i put them in, but then stopped working???

[Theta Sigma]

Wow, that's interesting. It gives an idea of what DW might be like on a fully fledge touchscreen tablet. (Not that I can afford that right now )

Using fingers or a stylus enhances the realism compared to a touchpad/mouse. (IMO)

[grover]

At work we also have 32" LCDs mounted flat which have touch panel overlays over them. Would be awesome for fleet command.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by grover

At work we also have 32" LCDs mounted flat which have touch panel overlays over them. Would be awesome for fleet command.

Yea there are a couple of tiny 17" touch screens where I work and they are awsome to use.

[Fleet Command CC]

Originally Posted by grover

I didnt end up getting the PC tablet I wanted (Viliv x70) but I have (through work) got an Intel Classmate tablet to use/try/test
This is an atom 1.6, 1gb ram, 8.9" screen jobbie with a swivel touch screen and accelerometer and is pretty cool. the units we have have a 6 cell battery too which makes them a bit more awkward to hold, and a little heavy but otherwise its a great little machine

So it took a while to get all the drivers working since i had been playing with windows 7, but without a bunch of win7 drivers, XP is the only option.
Last night I put steam on and installed 688i

Conclusion? ive only really just started playing. Have completed a single mission, just did an easy one with the downed pilot so I dont know what it would be like under a heavy work load. i think it would be slow. Having an onscreen keyboard I though would be a benefit, especially if you have a full tablet and no access to a physical keyboard.

Generally the use of a stylus is pretty cool, but it may be a novelty. One thing is tho, not being able to right click easily, when changing course, depth, speed etc, if you want to go from 8knots to 5 knots, you have to cycle up all the way through the range, eg, 9, 0, 1, 2 etc. Its not too much of a hassle but could be under a heavy work load.

For Janes 688i though, the screen res is great. It does stretch the screen (1024x600) but it doesnt look too weird and its easy to forget.
It may be a bit harder to do things in places, but generally, for the benefi of being able to sit in front of the TV and play a game with it on your lap, its brilliant. Having something thinner with a decent pop up keyboard would be better, but this will do until I win lotto and can afford an Archos 9.

Hey grover.

Looks like you have got a cool little machine their niceone.
Have you tried Fleet Command on your new toy?

[grover]

Hey mate. Yeah, I have fleet command on it. works great. Really great actually Sub command works well also. I should take SC off and try dangerous waters .