Activity & Event Management

Re: Check-In on Netbook

jpowell — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:58:15 GMT

We've been using dog old Dell GX260's for checkin with no problems (P4, 2GHz, 256MB ram) ... even the slowest netbook today will run laps around our GX260's :-)

Guess the biggest issue I see is the small keyboards and screens on the netbooks ... if you're ok with that you're golden. That and make sure the OS is not vista. XP and Win7 run great on netbooks, but vista not so much.

We're actually beginning to phase out the GX260's with HP thin clients running XP embedded OS. In our multisite location this has worked beyond my expectations. Since the OS and F1 app are embedded there's nothing to troubleshoot at the OS level since it's locked in flash memory. If a reboot doesn't fix an issue it's either hardware or networking. Makes our troubleshooting doc much easier for volunteers to follow by reducing many steps :-) Downside is updating the F1 app, but luckily that doesn't happen too often.

Jason

Re: Check-In on Netbook

Lee Holley — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:48:15 GMT

We are considering it as well. Looking at the system requirements, it looks like the check in app will run with no problem. We are looking at it for our self check in.

Lee Holley

Re: Check-In on Netbook

jgornick — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:24:52 GMT

Thanks for your question, Doug. I am wondering the same thing. Would it be good to pick up a Netbook or should we just stick with laptops for our misc. adult classes?

Opinions, etc., anyone?

JESS GORNICK

www.cornerstone-sf.org

Check-In on Netbook

doug — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:57:25 GMT

Is anyone using Check-in on a Netbook? Say an Eee PC or an IdeaPad? Just wondering how well the application ran. This seems like an inexpensive and highly portable solution if it has the juice to run it.