hey guys, mind if i tag along... I am having this dilemma too.. but like shahz said should look at specs... anyways i just need your opinion guys,

is there a difference in CPU speed and actual functioning speed? Cause currently i'm using Linux on my ten(10) year old laptop but it still boots up and runs faster than my desktop running windows.. so to me, Linux is fast no matter what..

my question is, does android really requires that much CPU power? i've read somewhere that the min requirements of android is 200MHz. Knowing Linux, its never really an issue with old hardware.. is this the same with android? eg. future upgrades requires 1GHz cpu?


apika, do you mind giving us a rundown on how android 2.1 runs? and lag or anything?
shahz, what do you mean you need at least 700MHz? is it some kind of software you're running or lots of multitasking?

thanks a lot!