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That's what I'd like to know, too. Is ChromeOS + Android still much more secure than just Android? A second question would be: what is the performance penalty
by mtgx 11y ago
That's what I'd like to know, too. Is ChromeOS + Android still much more secure than just Android?
A second question would be: what is the performance penalty for running Android apps that already reside in an VM on top of Chrome OS? Is it 2%? 10%? 25%? It is more like running Bluestacks on Windows or like running Android natively on the hardware? I hope Google answers these questions at I/O or whenever it announces this merger.
- mirsadm 11y agoIf they did it "right" there'll be no performance penalty. It should be executing the apps the same way Android does. I imagine they've ported the runtime to Chrome OS.
- scholia 11y agoAndroid always has a performance penalty because software runs in a JVM....
- bitmapbrother 11y agoThere is no JVM in Android. Android uses the ART runtime that compiles apps to native ARM, x86, MIPS, etc code.
- geofft 11y agoWe're talking about the performance penalty compared to normal Android. Baseline performance penalties (compared to ...?) are present in both environments. Besides, the JVM is a very good optimizer, and a good choice for certain types of high-performance tasks, especially since it can continually re-optimize the program as needed. It beats C in one of the anecdata on the Benchmarks Game, and is competitive in a few others: http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/java.html http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/java.html
- igouy 11y agoWhat "beats C" is a "custom counted hash set".