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e-Sword ver 9.03 on UMPC
Mon, 07/06/2009 - 16:07
Hello e-Sword Users,
I am interested in replacing my iPaq, which is my primary portable Bible, (running Pocket e-Sword of course!) with a UMPC. I would like to do this to increase the screen size, and since UMPCs run full blown Windows OS, I then could run e-Sword 9, and enjoy all my resources, synchronized, on the go.
My questions of the community are these:
Does anyone have any experience with e-Sword on a UMPC?
Does anyone have any hardware recommendations based on personal experience?
God Bless!
Eric
Depending upon exactly how one defines UMPC, that is what Rick uses for e-Sword.
The two things to pay the most attention to are:
* The chip that it uses;
* If unmodified Windows programs can run on the UMPC;
Unfortunately, you can't go by what either the manufacturer, or the sales rep tells you. :(
As far as RAM goes, if you can boot Windows, you can run e-Sword. The less RAM, the slower e-Sword will run. (I've run e-Sword on a system with 48 MB RAM and Win2K. I don't recommend that to anybody.)
Make sure that your UMPC has at least 2, and preferably 4 USB ports.
I'd also consider carrying an external portable drive, which has all of the e-Sword resources on it. The downside is that this will slow down e-Sword, slightly.
jonathon