Guest Holograph Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 As the topic title already states: Why does Android require much better system specs then for example Windows 95/98? Personal computer with a 386DX or higher processor (486 recommended) 4 megabytes (MB) of memory (8 MB recommended) Typical hard disk space required to upgrade to Windows 95: 35-40 MB The actual requirement varies depending on the features you choose to install. Typical hard disk space required to install Windows 95 on a clean system: 50-55 MB The actual requirement varies depending on the features you choose to install. One 3.5-inch high-density floppy disk drive VGA or higher resolution (256-color SVGA recommended) I doubt you can run Android on 8MB Memory, and I also doubt you can run on an 100 MHz processor (the Intel 80486). Can anyone explain me why Android requires much better specs then '95/'98? Because of the GUI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bandita81 Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 As the topic title already states: Why does Android require much better system specs then for example Windows 95/98? I doubt you can run Android on 8MB Memory, and I also doubt you can run on an 100 MHz processor (the Intel 80486). Can anyone explain me why Android requires much better specs then '95/'98? Because of the GUI? Well first time I installed Win 95 on a 386 DX 40 Mhz with 8Mbyte of RAM (cant dig down to video card it was 1,5 decade ago lol) and on a 80Mbytes HDD. To honest it was s***. Really. U could install it, but u better be didnt... For the smooth running Win 95 u have to had a P1 90Mhz 16 Mbyte of RAM at least. And i highly doubt Microsoft was serious about Win 95 as far as i remember,it was a "skinned DOS" OS. In the end, i dont think u can compare a desktop environment and hardware to a mobile phone one. Technically i have a Celeron M 723 in my laptop (MSI X600) running on 1,2 Ghz, but i dont think the "boosted" Snapdragon will do the same math on 1,2 Ghz in Samsung Tablet. And the engineering part is another thing. I guess (not % sure tho) nearly ALL CPU designed to phones technically is a SoC what makes the difference.And phones have to rely on a 1,500 mA battery (or less) and have to hold on for a day or more (approx). I think mainly these reasons cause to be "weaker" in some points, but tho i never tried to make a phone call with my 386 DX PC lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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