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user836026
user836026

Reputation: 11350

Is Eclipse and Android SDK (Simulator) is faster on Windows or Mac machine?

I have 2 machines, one runs Windows 7 and another Mac. Hardware config is almost the same in the two, 2.4 with 4G RAM.

I notice the android simulator is slow in Windows 7, whould it run faster if I intsall Eclipse and Android SDK on the Mac machine?

what about Eclipse and Android SDK in general?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 779

Answers (5)

Dan Smith
Dan Smith

Reputation: 112

I develop primarily on a desktop running Windows 8 since most of our apps are written in C#, I always found debugging painful on both a Samsung S3 and using the emulator.

I had read about using Intel HAXM which is available in the Android SDK Downloader, but never enabled it since I use Hyper-V on my desktop as well.

Fast forward, I'm now using a MacBook Pro because of needing to do iPhone development as well. I installed HAXM on the MacBook, and it made the x86 Android emulator run extremely fast.

TLDR: Install Intel HAXM on a machine with a modern CPU and you'll find running apps on your machine significantly faster.

If you do have Hyper V installed, you can disable it temporarily by creating a boot entry that causes Windows to boot with it disabled.

Upvotes: 0

hylander0
hylander0

Reputation: 1100

I have a windows 7 laptop 2 yrs old (8GB, i5) and 15inch MacBook pro 2012 (16GB, i7). I might also note that I am primarily a .NET developer, so I should be bias towards OSX.

I found that running the emulator and the ide on a mac runs faster than windows. I know the mac is considerably faster than my windows box but the difference in the speed of eclipse/emulator doesn't jive. The emulator runs smoother. Eclipse compiles faster on my Mac. The debugger settles/attached to hardware devices quicker.

My experience developing with Eclipse (Android SDK) is much more pleasant on the Mac than windows

Upvotes: 0

C-Sharp
C-Sharp

Reputation: 56

I think android device is better option that simulator it is much much faster than simulator. If you are planning for serious development then you should buy one android device.

Upvotes: 4

user47
user47

Reputation: 415

Try running it on mac, I did the same and found that the emulator runs much faster on mac, as compared to windows.

Upvotes: 1

stuckless
stuckless

Reputation: 6545

I have a 13" Macbook pro (2010 model, 2.4ghz, 4 gig ram) and the emulator is pretty slow on it... I tend to develop mostly on my Linux desktop, which is 2.4ghz machine as well, and while the emulator is slow it's still MUCH faster than the Mac. Eclipse runs about the same on both... actually the Mac might even be slight faster since it has a SSD.

It's been my experience from watching other Macs run the emulator that the emulator is just slow on Mac :(

I know Google recently updated the the ADK to include speed improvements for the emulator, but I haven't tried that yet.

Upvotes: 1

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