JDK minimum *comfortable* requirements (x86)

[gswork]

just a question on the JDK's

whilst the minimum spec is given in the docs, and whilst i don't doubt
that a sufficiently patient programmer can adhere to those, i was
wondering what minimum x86 spec you'd list for the following JDKs.
the minimum you would feel comfortable developing java applications
with, anyway.

1.1.8

1.2.2

1.3.1

1.4.2

1.5.0

thanks

 

[Andrew Thompson]

1.3.1

Swing apps. ran just fine under 1.3.1 on Win '95
installed on a 486 (100MHz CPU w. 64Meg RAM).

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[andreas]

Swing apps. ran just fine under 1.3.1 on Win '95
installed on a 486 (100MHz CPU w. 64Meg RAM).

well, you have to differ between just running your swing app (jre)
and developing it.

developing often includes several browser windows open and some kind of
IDE running, and for debugging reasons you often have totally different
memory
requirements for your application while it is under development (especially
in
embedded designs).

i run a 1.4.2 on windows98, 233Mhz, 256 Mb RAM

but i develop with WinXP, 2.4Ghz, 1Gb RAM.

the minimum you would feel comfortable developing java applications
with, anyway.

1 Ghz, 256 Mb RAM.
no matter what jdk version, since IMHO, this is of lesser importance...


andreas

 

[gswork]

well, you have to differ between just running your swing app (jre)
and developing it.

indeed, that's what i was after.

developing often includes several browser windows open and some kind of
IDE running, and for debugging reasons you often have totally different
memory
requirements for your application while it is under development (especially
in
embedded designs).

i run a 1.4.2 on windows98, 233Mhz, 256 Mb RAM

but i develop with WinXP, 2.4Ghz, 1Gb RAM.


1 Ghz, 256 Mb RAM.
no matter what jdk version, since IMHO, this is of lesser importance...

Thanks. RAM is always a factor when developing, simply because of
the 'stuff' you have open at any one time. Is the 1Ghz to do with
keeping the various apps responsive, a particular IDE or perhaps even
the JDK tools themselves?

 

[andreas]

Is the 1Ghz to do with

keeping the various apps responsive, a particular IDE or perhaps even
the JDK tools themselves?

since programming involves a lot of idle time (there just is some
keyboard-input
from time to time), the IDE won't consume much CPU time. in fact, less than
4% of the CPU is used in my case.
you need power if you want compiling and running your application to be
fast.
especially running your app, since IDE's like eclipse compile "on-line"
while your
CPU is idle.

andreas

 

[Andrew Thompson]

The 486, as it was stated. 100MHz CPU - 64 Meg RAM is plenty. *

Thanks. RAM is always a factor when developing, simply because of
the 'stuff' you have open at any one time. Is the 1Ghz to do with
keeping the various apps responsive, a particular IDE

NetBeans, Eclipse, and most other editors of that general
class would require the specs specified by andreas, preferably
better, my main box at the moment is a 1.8GHz CPU w/512Meg RAM,
but it stills seems sluggish running the two IDE's listed.

But if you need to be asking such questions, it is probably
a good indicator you should not be using either of them.
<http://www.xdweb.net/~dibblego/java/faq/answers.html#Q34>

* with Textpad, DOS the JDK you can develop Swing applications.

..or perhaps even the JDK tools themselves?

No, they can be run from the command line.

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[Will Hartung]

"andreas" <[email protected]> wrote in message

Just for a data point, my machine for 4 years was a P3 800 with 512MB of
RAM, and I never had any problems with it. But I don't use any of the IDE's
either, rather I simply used Emacs and Ant.

Regards,

Will Hartung
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