Re: Windows Mobile 5 Emulator Debugging Slow as Heck

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Hi Robert,

> To add a little evidence that "your mileage may vary":
> I haven't tried VS 2005 or the new emulator yet. But I definitely find
> debugging with the old emulators is much faster than debugging with
> any of the real devices I have. And that's on 3 "desktops".

It does indeed. It might also depend on which old emulators you're comparing
with as well.

--
Ginny Caughey
..NET Compact Framework MVP


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