There are or were Windows tablets and there will be more with Windows 8, all of which should be capable of running the full RootsMagic app or the portable version from a flash drive. However, RM is designed for keyboard and mouse navigation, not for touch screens; you might find it awkward. The Microsoft Surface with keypad in the lid might be suitable but I would not rush out to get one for RM. Better, I think, to buy a cheap net book or small laptop with Windows 7 if it is RM transportability that you are after. Tom On 2012-10-02, at 11:56 AM, Suzanne Brayer <sybrayer@gmail.com> wrote: > I also wonder if there is an ap for a Tablet? Can RM to go be used on it? > Thanks, > Suzanne > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 8:35 AM, P Summers-Smith <summerspa@comcast.net>wrote: > >> I have been reading Lisa Louise Cooke's _Turn Your iPad into a >> Genealogy Powerhouse_. (It was published in 2012 and is excellent for >> anyone with an iPad.) >> >> In Chapter 8, "Genealogy Apps," she mentions RootsMagic is now >> available at iTunes as an app for the iPad. I was going to download >> and install it, but a search on iTunes doesn't turn up anything ever >> close. Was the author premature in saying RM is now available? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Patricia >> >> >> >> =================================== >> RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS >> WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: >> http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Tom, I do already have a small Win7 laptop and run RM from a flash drive on that. When decent Windows tablets come out, I may decide to get one. In the meantime, I've had an iPad for almost a year. I saw Lisa Cooke's book about tricking it out to do genealogy. It is in HER book that I saw RM was already available for the iPad. However, I have learned since that it is not quite ready for the public yet. I will get it when it is available. I personally will not mind if RM on the iPad is for viewing only. Sometimes, I only need it for reference when I go to research at a repository. I'm really slow at data entry on the iPAD screen keyboard, and I don't much like it for keyboard data entry. For me, it's just not convenient to enter data that way. It will be nice though to have availability of my data in RootsMagic just to view and reference when I'm away. (Yes, I know you can get actual keyboards for the iPAD, but if I'm going to do that, I might as well take my little laptop.) BTW, if anyone has an iPad, you might find it really helpful to get a copy of Lisa Louise Cooke's book. She has some great ideas to gain greater productivity using the iPad. (I don't know her and have no connection with the book, other than I'm reading it and getting some great ideas from it about how to use my iPad more productively for genealogy projects. That said, I'm a longtime avid RootsMagic and Windows user. Patricia At 11:04 AM 10/2/2012, Tom Holden wrote: >There are or were Windows tablets and there will be more with >Windows 8, all of which should be capable of running the full >RootsMagic app or the portable version from a flash drive. However, >RM is designed for keyboard and mouse navigation, not for touch >screens; you might find it awkward. The Microsoft Surface with >keypad in the lid might be suitable but I would not rush out to get >one for RM. Better, I think, to buy a cheap net book or small laptop >with Windows 7 if it is RM transportability that you are after. > >Tom