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    • hobbit666H
      hobbit666 @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said:

      @hobbit666 said:

      @scottalanmiller said:

      @hobbit666 said:

      I managed to get RemixOS to finally boot after several tries but was very disappointed in the speed and response of the system. But I was running from USB stick.

      Would only affect things if you were loading apps, but once they were up and running it would only affect you if you were swapping to the USB stick. It would not make the system itself feel slow.

      That's what I thought, but just the general feel and set-up seemed sluggish

      What hardware did you give it? It might be that Remix OS is just slow.

      Tried it on a i5 8GB RAM laptop using a USB3 drive rated at:- Up to 130MB/s Read / 30MB/s Write (64GB)
      Was temped to install on Harddrive see if that improved as I was testing to use on a Media PC instead of OpenELEC. But been to busy with project work to sit down and play.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        Sounds like the OS is just laggy.

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        • stacksofplatesS
          stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said:

          Sounds like the OS is just laggy.

          I've noticed that with the Mini a bit. It's not super performant, but I didn't expect much from a $70 computer either.

          Raspbian is faster on a Pi 2 though.

          Since Android N will have freeform windows, I wonder if there is a reason to keep using Remix other than the hardware?

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
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            Android N definitely needs to go after the traditional desktop, that's an important part of the Android ecosystem and should not be left to third party players to fragment.

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            • stacksofplatesS
              stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said:

              Android N definitely needs to go after the traditional desktop, that's an important part of the Android ecosystem and should not be left to third party players to fragment.

              I agree. It's in the code, and I've seen pictures of it. Looks like they will have split screen apps for the phone, and then a full desktop with window tiling also.

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              • dafyreD
                dafyre
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                I've got the Tablet with 2GB of ram. It doesn't seem laggy at all. But like @scottalanmiller , I wasn't able to get the PC version to boot on any of my computers (AMD or Intel).

                It might be worth investigating Android N since it looks like that one will have multiwindow stuff built in.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @dafyre
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                  @dafyre said:

                  I've got the Tablet with 2GB of ram. It doesn't seem laggy at all. But like @scottalanmiller , I wasn't able to get the PC version to boot on any of my computers (AMD or Intel).

                  ARM or AMD64 tablet?

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                  • dafyreD
                    dafyre
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                    I had to check the web site, lol. it looks like it's ARM. Nvidia Tegra 4. Runs really nicely though.

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender @dafyre
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                      @dafyre said:

                      I had to check the web site, lol. it looks like it's ARM. Nvidia Tegra 4. Runs really nicely though.

                      LOl that would be why you couldn't install the x86/AMD64 versions.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @dafyre
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                        @dafyre said:

                        I had to check the web site, lol. it looks like it's ARM. Nvidia Tegra 4. Runs really nicely though.

                        Yeah, Tegra 4 is a super powerful ARM processor with a lot of GPU power in it too. That's the ARM chip below the Tegra X1 (NVidia Shield) and Tegra K1 (Amazon Fire TV.) So if you assume quad core CPU with big time GPU power, that might do it. Plus RemixOS might easily be tuned for ARM, not AMD64 or those test systems don't have GPU. Could be that simple.

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                        • dafyreD
                          dafyre @Dashrender
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                          @Dashrender said:

                          @dafyre said:

                          I had to check the web site, lol. it looks like it's ARM. Nvidia Tegra 4. Runs really nicely though.

                          LOl that would be why you couldn't install the x86/AMD64 versions.

                          My PC is AMD64. 😛

                          @scottalanmiller was asking specifically about the tablet.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                            @Dashrender said:

                            @dafyre said:

                            I had to check the web site, lol. it looks like it's ARM. Nvidia Tegra 4. Runs really nicely though.

                            LOl that would be why you couldn't install the x86/AMD64 versions.

                            The version that we have is AMD64.

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                            • dafyreD
                              dafyre @Dashrender
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                              @Dashrender said:

                              @dafyre said:

                              I had to check the web site, lol. it looks like it's ARM. Nvidia Tegra 4. Runs really nicely though.

                              LOl that would be why you couldn't install the x86/AMD64 versions.

                              lol. My Laptop & other devices that I tried to install it on are x86.

                              @scottalanmiller was asking specifically about the tablet.

                              Edit: Sorry for the double post

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                              • dafyreD
                                dafyre @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                Plus RemixOS might easily be tuned for ARM, not AMD64 or those test systems don't have GPU. Could be that simple.

                                This is what I would expect. Their two primary products (The Ultratablet and the Mini are both ARM chips. The tablet is the NVIDIA Tegra 4, and the Mini is the A53 AllWinner chip (I know nothing about that one)).

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                                • scottalanmillerS
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                                  I would pay extra for a Mini based on the Tegra X1. I plan to get an X1 device this summer. I have a K1 now and it is pretty powerful. My K1 is 2GB RAM. The X1 I plan to get is 3GB.

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                                  • dafyreD
                                    dafyre
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                                    They're having a sale on the Remix Minis... If you log in & download their 2.0 beta, you get a $40 off coupon... so you could get the remix for $50 instead of $90... Food for thought!

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
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                                      Wow, that is really cheap.

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                                      • stacksofplatesS
                                        stacksofplates
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                                        Wait when did they become $90? I paid $69.99

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                                        • dafyreD
                                          dafyre @stacksofplates
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                                          @johnhooks said:

                                          Wait when did they become $90? I paid $69.99

                                          I'm quoting the price straight from their site, not Amazon... so it may still be a good deal on Amazon too.

                                          I did however, install the 2.0 beta on an old Laptop this morning... Sadly, right now, it appears you have to have Windows installed in order to get the Beta to install to HD.

                                          But my laptop booted it up just fine. It doesn't come with Google Play in the PC version, but I found an installer for it... going to try it tonight.

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