Thanks Dianne. Yes, the fastest for me currently is to use an
overclocked (528MHz) G2.

/Casper

On 27 Aug., 19:00, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote:
> No, it is not slowed down, it is running as fast as possible.  Emulators are
> pretty intrinsically not able to use multiple processors, so you are
> emulating a ~400MHz CPU on a 1.2GHz CPU, so it is unlikely you'd get the
> same performance as real hardware.  Your comparison to VirtualBox is
> misleading because afaik know it is a virtualization solution, not emulation
> -- the code of the virtual environment is the same x86 code that the host
> CPU runs.
>
> You may want to try just developing directly against a real device.  It may
> run faster than the emulator on your PC, and the development environment is
> nearly the same.
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > While I really like the emulator and how realistically it mostly
> > behaves, at prototyping/RAD times I wish I could over-clock it and
> > have to wait less for it. Not so much an issue on a full size desktop,
> > but I do find it odd how slow it is on a Core II Duo 1.2GHz
> > considering the performance I get when firing up a full fledged
> > Windows in VirtualBox. Has the QEMU emulator been "slowed down" such
> > as to better mimic the typical real hardware? And if so, is there a
> > way to tweak this?
>
> > /Casper
>
> --
> Dianne Hackborn
> Android framework engineer
> [email protected]
>
> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to
> provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails.  All such
> questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and
> answer them.
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