tablets that will run touch??? (sorta)

[rodberry]

another sighting of a tegra4 tablet running windows 8...

http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-co ... et-1053734

I'm waiting but been burned before as an early adopter - a lot, never learn ...

I'd love to be able to just boot up touchdesigner and make panels over coffee (not betting on how many cups the battery will last for though...)

rod.

[ben]

Unfortunately that tegra3 tablet is ARM based, so no chance TouchDesigner will work on it. Keep your eye out for x86 based Windows8 tablets (man this is already getting complicated!) which will be able to run regular applications compiled for Windows8.

[keithlostracco]

I've got a windows 7 Asus eSlate 141 that has an intel i5 processor in it that i would be stoked to run touch on but it is has integrated intel graphics so touch won't work on it.

[rodberry]

If you are desperate, you could try Touch017 on the intel one. I remember it used to run on a toshiba M200 Tablet - or maybe that was touch 015?

on second thoughts, make control panels in pureData and sendOSC messages.
on the puredata front, if you use PD extended http://puredata.info/downloads/pd-extended ,
you can use th eGEM libraries to get wacom pen and eraser xy and pressure to send via OSC.

rod.

[keithlostracco]

Thanks Rod, I actually tried to use Max5 on as an OSC control panel but I had some problems with using the touchscreen on faders and buttons in Max. Every time I went to touch a fader or button I would actually have to move my finger while touching the screen in order to operate the control rather than just press it. I also had the same problem with Reactor and Reaper so I'm not sure if PD will work better or not, when I have some time though I'll give it a try.

I was actually a little disappointed with the tablet when I found out it wouldn't work very well as a controller for Touch.


thanks
Keith

[rodberry]

sounds like it's a problem with the interface itself on the tablet.

I'm still holding my breath and saving my pennies for when someone makes an intel-based win8 tablet - ideally with a dual finger and wacom tablet interface. Easy enough to make but obviously not so easy to market.

r.

[rodberry]

well... it's nearly there - an intel tablet from ASUS with windows 8 and a detachable keyboard etc. etc. oh and wacom digitizer as well as touchscreen - but without a discrete graphics card.

http://eee.asus.com/global/event/2012/c ... t-810.html

surely someone will add that magical lowpower geforce card for superportable gaming?

for now I'm hanging onto my money (ok, what money?) hypothetical money, and waiting for the sweetspot to arrive...

rod.

[elburz]

I wonder if you could get a custom gaming pc maker to make one (or make one yourself)?

Hypothetically all the parts exist, they just need to make the case be 1 solid brick with a touch screen monitor on the front, instead of the standard clam shell, otherwise parts from a standard laptop could be used...in theory!

Aka what these guys do to towers, someone should just do for laptops...maybe they'll do it if you reach out?

http://www.nextcomputing.com/support/me ... ault&id=78

[elburz]

oh wow, Rod, just saw this...might be the answer! No full on tech specs yet, but if its made for gaming, it'll have a real GPU in it.

http://www.razerzone.com/projectfiona

[cod65]

what about just buying an USB powered touch screen to attach to your laptop ?
Would one of these work ?

http://www.lilliputweb.net/