Zotero on Windows tablet PC

yranjbar · May 10, 2015

Has any one tried Zotero on a windows 8.1 tablet PCs such as Asus transformer book, HP Pavilion x2 10 inch, or Acer switch 10 inch? All these have 2GB of RAM and CPUs like Intel Atom Z3735F.

I want to know if Zotero is fluent on such a hardware and if can handle entries up to 1000.

Is it possible to launch Zotero, a PDF reader, like Foxit reader, and Firefox simultaneously?

yranjbar · May 13, 2015

I installed Zotero on Acer switch 10 Full HD. I have 250 entries. Zotero works fine in my case. Foxit reader is a little bit slow when I scroll but Adobe tough reader is as good as its Android version. I also installed Google drive to sync my library. It seems the hardware is enough to use Zotero, a PDF reader and an anti virus. However, I feel Firefox makes the system slow. As far as reading papers on this tablet PC and synchronization goes, the hardware is sufficient.
The only issue is the battery life which is short, 5 to 6 hours when I just played with different software. If just reading is considered on low screen brightness it might last up to 7 hours too. However battery life isn't important for me.

adamsmith · May 13, 2015

I've not been very impressed by Firefox on Windows in terms of resources used. Might be worth looking at Chrome and Standalone, which works almost as well as Zotero for Firefox.

yranjbar · May 13, 2015

I installed Zotero standalone. I just mentioned the performance of Firefox for someone who might use Zotero with Firefox or is concerned with Internet browsing using FireFox.

lm21cbe · July 12, 2015

I installed Zotero standalone in a tablet Acer 8 inch (Iconia tab 8 W, W1-810-12HC) 1Gb RAM, Z3735G (Intel processor).
Zotero runs perfectly in this tablet
For PDF reader I installed Xodo (free) because it is easy for hand writing, light text.
Experience is nice except when I try to synchronize files using a webdav installed in my Linux-PC, it is very slow. I had around 800 technical articles.