[AccessD] Access on a tablet

No one has mentioned the Samsung Tablet PC.  I have one running Win 8 Pro,
and I installed full Access 2010 on it.  Mine only has 32 GB disk space but
Access works.  I installed it before I got a new laptop with Office 2013
installed.

Charlotte




On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>wrote:

> That's interesting.  Are there Linux tablets that could then run an Access
> app using Wine?
>
> r
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 11:34 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access on a tablet
>
> Hi Rocky:
>
> Any product that can run Linux...
>
> Just a few days ago ran up a copy of Access 2003 on a client's Ubuntu 13.04
> Linux box and it installed without issue...almost brain dead simple. (It
> had
> the product "Wine" pre-installed.)
>
> I have not installed it on a tablet but according to Google there are a
> number of tablets that can run either Linux and Android.
> (http://www.ubuntu.com/tablet) ...but as far as I know Android can not
> support MS Office...yet...but maybe soon as current versions of desktop
> Office go directly after the hardware to gain performance and maybe to
> protect their products from wandering to an enemy OS. ;-) (Steven Ballmer
> hinted at a more universal product version but no today).
>
> http://www.howtogeek.com/171565/how-to-install-microsoft-office-on-linux/
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rocky Smolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:43:56 AM
> Subject: [AccessD] Access on a tablet
>
> Dear Lists:
>
> Is there a tablet comp that will run Access or at least a run-time access
> app?
>
> MTIA
>
> Rocky Smolin
> Beach Access Software
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