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shopping for a tablet for running hero lab

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ketrava

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I have about $150 and I am looking to get a laptop with the goal of running hero lab, net flix, and the occasional bit of notes entry for classes. I am unfortunately stuck buying from amazon since I have a gift card there. I am also not entirely fond of windows 8. So the big question is what laptop do you guys suggest that I can get for $150 'ish that will run hero lab so I can use it when I play pathfinder or is the new tablet app polished enough to look into getting a tablet. ( note I am perfectly fine with a mini if that gets the job done)
 
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Ketrava,

I have to say, you are probably going to be somewhat disappointed in the HeroLab experience on a $150ish machine.

Primarily because a machine in that price range is very likely to run Android, and Lone Wolf has not yet released an Android version of the program (I am not certain they ever will).

That leaves you with either an iPad (expensive) or a Windows 8 Pro tablet (expensive) or a Windows-7/Vista/XP tablet (oy, see below).

Note that Windows 8 RT is NOT a full operating system, and will NOT run HeroLab, so don't even bother with those. If Lone Wolf isn't going to support Android soon, they would be absolutely nuts to bother with 8 RT.

Now, I have run HeroLab on a netbook with Windows 7, and it worked fairly well, but the screens on those are small, and you can't rejigger the interface of HeroLab to make it work well. The smallest you are likely to enjoy using will be about a 13-14" screen. Anything smaller gets very difficult to work with.

There are some pretty decent tablets out there running Windows 7, but they aren't particularly cheap, probably looking at something like $400 minimum to get one that will handle HeroLab.

The unfortunate truth is that this fantastic program has a pretty high money bar. By going iOS instead of Android, they sort of kicked us iHaters in the teeth. I was fortunate enough to be able to pick up a really nice Windows 8 Pro convertible laptop/tablet (the Lenovo Yoga), but that thing costs $1000. You can maybe get a Microsoft Surface Pro for something like $750 or so, but anything other decent tablet you get is probably going to have to be an Apple product, if you want it to run HeroLab.
 
thanks for the info. I may tolerate the 13" screen even if its runs slow on a netbook. It would still let me use it even if small. Thanks for the info on what to stick away from.
 
sorry I am not very tech savvy but if you would answer one more question I would appreciate. This laptop is going for $315 and comes with win7. Do you think this will cover my needs

HP Pavilion G4-2029WM AMD A6-4400M Dual-Core 2.7GHz 4GB 500GB DVD+/-RW 14" Win7 (Winter Blue)
 
Based on the two laptops I have run Hero Lab on, I think that one will be adequate. Depending on the game, you might not be able to get all the summary columns on the screen, but that's true with any non-full-HD laptop.
 
I run herolabs on my 11" acer aspire one. It's a bit slow, but I don't have problems reading it.

It cost about $200 back in November. (Or should have; if I hadn't messed up on some things). Runs windows 7.
 
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