How do you decide what the minimum system requirements are for a Windows application? (OS, RAM, HD, CPU). I usually go with my gut, but I'd like to be able to back that up with something.
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Your minimum system requirements are the highest requirements of the set of system requirements of your dependencies.
GWLlosa
2008-12-29 20:40:30
Doesn't that assume that my app basically doesn't do anything?
Jon B
2008-12-29 20:41:48
@Jon, not if you have requirements that say "the system shall do X in Y seconds".
Paul Tomblin
2008-12-29 20:44:56
If you have performance-based requirements, you're going to need to do performance testing. If "minimum requirements" means "the app will successfully load and run, eventually" then what I said tends to be a pretty good rough estimate.
GWLlosa
2008-12-30 14:35:58
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On the same note, are there tools available to artifically limit CPU speed and RAM? I'd like to be able to slow a test computer down, rather than acquire a system with an antequated CPU.
The second part of your question is answered in great detail here.
George Stocker
2008-12-29 20:41:36
Perfect, thanks. I'm just going to delete that second part, since I would have closed as dupe if that was the only questions.
Jon B
2008-12-29 20:43:38
It isn't the only question -- so it's not really a dupe, but I'd maintain the two questions and simply edit your question to say, "Hey, the second part was answered here")
George Stocker
2008-12-29 20:44:38