Sketchup and xoom

vodip · 10 Mar 2011, 15:51

Will sketchup run on xoom?

Rich O Brien · 10 Mar 2011, 15:55

Xoom the Global Money transfer site? No

Xoom the Motorola Tablet? No?

vodip · 10 Mar 2011, 16:17

it will be great if sketchup can run on the xoom tablet. thankss for the answer

solo · 10 Mar 2011, 16:34

I do not see why not, I do not have one, but I believe it has enough power and ram to run it.
Xoom has double the processor power and ram, even slightly bigger screen.

Chris Fullmer · 10 Mar 2011, 16:34

What OS does it run?

solo · 10 Mar 2011, 16:43

Android 3.0

TIG · 10 Mar 2011, 16:44

Xoom
Specifications

OS: Android 3.0 (Honeycomb)
Processor: NVIDIA Tegra 2 Dual Core 1GHz
RAM: 1GB
Storage: 32GB internal

Sound unlikely then

Chris Fullmer · 10 Mar 2011, 18:54

Deep inside I like to think that somewhere between SU 9 and 11, SU will move into the webapp realm. Maybe not exclusively, but have a version that works there too so it can be used on all OS's.

tfdesign · 10 Mar 2011, 19:16

There is actually no reason why SketchUp can't be ported to say, iOS, as iOS essentially is OSX anyway. I think probably what is holding Google back is that SketchUp uses a mouse and keyboard driven interface, rather than a touch one.

To be honest, I far prefer SU being a desktop only application. I've tried CAD and/or drawing apps on tiny screens before, and I've never got on with the tiny screen estate/size. A decent viewing app from Google would be something I would actually prefer, complete with rendering and animation, but done properly- even a fly-thru would be nice too.

solo · 10 Mar 2011, 19:32

Can you not use a mouse? It does have USB and bluetooth right?

tfdesign · 10 Mar 2011, 19:49

How do you mean? On a Xoom?

solo · 10 Mar 2011, 19:51

I thought we were talking about the Xoom.

d12dozr · 10 Mar 2011, 20:13

Pete, I think the problem is Android...its a different operating system, so the program needs to be rewritten just for Android...the same reason some apps are Windows only and not Mac too.

Rich O Brien · 10 Mar 2011, 20:14

Who's on first? Watts on second.

tfdesign · 10 Mar 2011, 20:22

Oh no- that's trown a spanner in the works! Rich has spun us an "O'Brien"

honoluludesktop · 10 Mar 2011, 21:25

@chris fullmer said:

Deep inside I like to think that somewhere between SU 9 and 11, SU will move into the webapp realm. Maybe not exclusively, but have a version that works there too so it can be used on all OS's.

Aren't apps. on the cloud slower then those PC based?

vodip · 10 Mar 2011, 22:08

Corporation is going to migrate/adapt to tablet sooner or later. It may not be a move initiated from the top down rather from the user. I am seeing it happening around me every day. More people are bring in none approved portable devices to do their work.
Sketchup is a great tool for face to face interaction with client and get real time result. Laptop enable the mobility, Tablet make it elegant.
Android is Google's product line, same as Sketchup. Love to see people from Sketchup make an effort to have it run on tablet, at lease on the Honeycomb.

jaxcoffee · 11 Mar 2011, 02:19

@honoluludesktop said:

@chris fullmer said:

Deep inside I like to think that somewhere between SU 9 and 11, SU will move into the webapp realm. Maybe not exclusively, but have a version that works there too so it can be used on all OS's.

Aren't apps. on the cloud slower then those PC based?

I have not found this to be true doing testing on the Chrome OS pilot program, using the CR-48.

But I would also love to see SU in the cloud for Chrome OS. I guess we will have to wait and see. WebGL is promising for GE, so that's at least a start.

honoluludesktop · 11 Mar 2011, 02:53

@jaxcoffee said:

.......I have not found this to be true doing testing on the Chrome OS pilot program, using the CR-48.....

Can you expand? Chrome OS is a replacement for WinXX OS right? What is CR-48, a cloud application? If so, how do you judge how fast it runs as a PC based application? I am a "babe in the woods" regarding all of this.

tpstigers · 11 Mar 2011, 03:40

@honoluludesktop said:

Aren't apps. on the cloud slower then those PC based?

The answer to that question is (as it often is): it depends. On the machine and the app. In most cases, if you have an up-to-date machine on an average connection, a desktop app will perform faster (and probably better) then a cloud-based app. However, if that up-to-date machine is on a blazing fast connection, the cloud apps may very well perform better. Alternately, if you have an older machine on an average connection, it will perform much better running apps in the cloud.

We just moved into a new house. My wife and I both have our own offices upstairs, but we decided it would be nice to have a laptop downstairs - just to check our email and to occasionally look something up on Wikipedia or Imdb. The predictable response would be to go out and purchase a netbook. Being who I am, I dusted off an old Dell Inspiron 600m and installed Jolicloud (now Joli OS, I think). I have to say, I am very pleased. That old dell couldn't even run XP very well, but running a cloud-based OS makes it a Spring Chicken again (because it's connection speed is good).

Don't discount the cloud. While I'm a long way from switching over to the cloud completely, it does serve a purpose.

Terry