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According to Crucial the Dell Latitude D620 supports up to 4gb of ram...
https://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Dell/latitude-d620

Android Studio runs just fine on a core2 duo with 4gb of ram. One thing to note, I have only tested this on linux which uses less ram than windows and a core2 duo clocked at 2.2ghz.
ok because it has 1.67ghz processor speed just saying because i am learning from the site u gave me but of i use 4gb rsm and 320gb western digital
to be specific wd3200bvet
i hope it wont lags in RUNNING phone virtual machines
 
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ok because it has 1.67ghz processor speed just saying because i am learning from the site u gave me but of i use 4gb rsm and 320gb western digital
to be specific wd3200bvet
i hope it wont lags in RUNNING phone virtual machines

Yeah it's definitely gonna be slow. A lot of the lag that you're gonna feel will be because of the hard drive which is only 5400rpm. That's a very slow hard drive.

If it was an SSD even with low ram your system would still be snappy because swapping on an ssd is fast unlike an hdd. (I think windows calls it page instead of swap)

If you have any old phones lying around try to use them instead of the emulator. I've been keeping my phones throughout the years and now I don't use the emulator anymore.

The bottom line is that your gonna have to deal with a slow system unless you can upgrade both the ram and get an ssd. For now install android studio and see if it's tolerable for you until you get your ram.
 
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I recommend switching to a less resource hungry operating system (a Linux distro), if the OP wants to stick with this machine for Android development.

P.S. I just realised there's 2GB RAM. That's going to run dead slow with Windows. That small amount of RAM is going to need a pretty lean Linux distro too.
Bottom line is, forget using that system for running Windows O/S, and that's before you start trying to do anything heavy like running Android Studio.
 
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I recommend switching to a less resource hungry operating system (a Linux distro), if the OP wants to stick with this machine for Android development.

P.S. I just realised there's 2GB RAM. That's going to run dead slow with Windows. That small amount of RAM is going to need a pretty lean Linux distro too.
Bottom line is, forget using that system for running Windows O/S, and that's before you start trying to do anything heavy like running Android Studio.
I believe I've suggested using Linux to the OP before, since he is, after all, creating Linux (Android) apps. You know, go to the source of what you're creating.

But now, knowing the specs he's dealing with, I just have to jump up and wave: listen to @LV426! A lightweight Linux distro would get that machine flying, AND let him learn the OS that started it all. There'd be no Android without Linux.
 
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Yeah it's definitely gonna be slow. A lot of the lag that you're gonna feel will be because of the hard drive which is only 5400rpm. That's a very slow hard drive.

If it was an SSD even with low ram your system would still be snappy because swapping on an ssd is fast unlike an hdd. (I think windows calls it page instead of swap)

If you have any old phones lying around try to use them instead of the emulator. I've been keeping my phones throughout the years and now I don't use the emulator anymore.

The bottom line is that your gonna have to deal with a slow system unless you can upgrade both the ram and get an ssd. For now install android studio and see if it's tolerable for you until you get your ram.
TRUE i can use my phone to be doing the test
 
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