Android emulator
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I am looking to let my daughter use a couple apps she is used to using on her phone on a computer.
From what I have been reading, BlueStacks and Nox App Player are highly referenced.
Does anyone have any experience with these or a different recommendation?
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@JaredBusch said in Android emulator:
I am looking to let my daughter use a couples she is used to non her phone on a computer.
From what I have been reading, BlueStacks and Nox App Player are highly referenced.
Does anyone have any experience with these or a different recommendation?
I've used BlueStacks heavily this past year and can say it has been working very well. Lately I've been using it even more now for my daughter for a few really good Android apps we needed that sucks on a smaller device, and we didn't want to buy something else. I've been using it on a Yoga for her since it's basically a big tablet once you fold the screen all the way back into itself, on my Asus RoG, and on both my Lenovo for work purposes.
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I have not tried Nox App Player, so can't say anything with that.
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I think @pchiodo uses BlueStacks daily and has no issues with it.
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I'd instantly say BlueStack not really tried many others
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thanks all.
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Is there an advantage to using BlueStacks over just downloading the x86_64 ISO?
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@stacksofplates said in Android emulator:
Is there an advantage to using BlueStacks over just downloading the x86_64 ISO?
I dunno, I just want to run a couple apps in Windows?
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@stacksofplates said in Android emulator:
Is there an advantage to using BlueStacks over just downloading the x86_64 ISO?
Which ISO is that?
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@stacksofplates said in Android emulator:
Is there an advantage to using BlueStacks over just downloading the x86_64 ISO?
You just mean running Android x86 in a VM? Or just live booting the PC into Android x86 when you want to run Android apps?
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@Pete-S said in Android emulator:
@stacksofplates said in Android emulator:
Is there an advantage to using BlueStacks over just downloading the x86_64 ISO?
You just mean running Android x86 in a VM? Or just live booting the PC into Android x86 when you want to run Android apps?
Yeah in a VM.
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@scottalanmiller said in Android emulator:
@stacksofplates said in Android emulator:
Is there an advantage to using BlueStacks over just downloading the x86_64 ISO?
Which ISO is that?
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@JaredBusch said in Android emulator:
@stacksofplates said in Android emulator:
Is there an advantage to using BlueStacks over just downloading the x86_64 ISO?
I dunno, I just want to run a couple apps in Windows?
It was a genuine question. I've never run BlueStacks. I was just wondering if it does anything special.
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@stacksofplates said in Android emulator:
@JaredBusch said in Android emulator:
@stacksofplates said in Android emulator:
Is there an advantage to using BlueStacks over just downloading the x86_64 ISO?
I dunno, I just want to run a couple apps in Windows?
It was a genuine question. I've never run BlueStacks. I was just wondering if it does anything special.
Yes, the advantage is it's managed by BlueStacks and you don't have to dual boot or manage a "VM".
The disadvantage is that you can't run Hyper-V or have it enabled at the same time.
Otherwise it's personal preference of how you want to deal with it.
I didn't know there was a x86_64 iso either. But still, I would rather use BlueStacks because it's such a good experience.
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@stacksofplates said in Android emulator:
Is there an advantage to using BlueStacks over just downloading the x86_64 ISO?
That doesn't work correctly on KVM / QEMU unless thats changed
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@IRJ said in Android emulator:
@stacksofplates said in Android emulator:
Is there an advantage to using BlueStacks over just downloading the x86_64 ISO?
That doesn't work correctly on KVM / QEMU unless thats changed
Ah ok. I had one I used a few years ago and wasn't sure if that was the same one. It's been forever since I did it and I only needed it once for a few mins.
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@IRJ said in Android emulator:
@stacksofplates said in Android emulator:
Is there an advantage to using BlueStacks over just downloading the x86_64 ISO?
That doesn't work correctly on KVM / QEMU unless thats changed
Ha so now I was curious. It does work in KVM now. They give you a separate launcher to make it a little easier.
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@Obsolesce said in Android emulator:
@stacksofplates said in Android emulator:
@JaredBusch said in Android emulator:
@stacksofplates said in Android emulator:
Is there an advantage to using BlueStacks over just downloading the x86_64 ISO?
I dunno, I just want to run a couple apps in Windows?
It was a genuine question. I've never run BlueStacks. I was just wondering if it does anything special.
Yes, the advantage is it's managed by BlueStacks and you don't have to dual boot or manage a "VM".
The disadvantage is that you can't run Hyper-V or have it enabled at the same time.
Otherwise it's personal preference of how you want to deal with it.
I didn't know there was a x86_64 iso either. But still, I would rather use BlueStacks because it's such a good experience.
I think they added support with hyper-v enabled now.
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@syko24 said in Android emulator:
@Obsolesce said in Android emulator:
@stacksofplates said in Android emulator:
@JaredBusch said in Android emulator:
@stacksofplates said in Android emulator:
Is there an advantage to using BlueStacks over just downloading the x86_64 ISO?
I dunno, I just want to run a couple apps in Windows?
It was a genuine question. I've never run BlueStacks. I was just wondering if it does anything special.
Yes, the advantage is it's managed by BlueStacks and you don't have to dual boot or manage a "VM".
The disadvantage is that you can't run Hyper-V or have it enabled at the same time.
Otherwise it's personal preference of how you want to deal with it.
I didn't know there was a x86_64 iso either. But still, I would rather use BlueStacks because it's such a good experience.
I think they added support with hyper-v enabled now.
I just noticed there's no support for Linux so that's probably why I've never used it. I don't have any Windows devices so that's most likely why I just used the ISO however many years go.
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@stacksofplates said in Android emulator:
@IRJ said in Android emulator:
@stacksofplates said in Android emulator:
Is there an advantage to using BlueStacks over just downloading the x86_64 ISO?
That doesn't work correctly on KVM / QEMU unless thats changed
Ah ok. I had one I used a few years ago and wasn't sure if that was the same one. It's been forever since I did it and I only needed it once for a few mins.
Yeah we had a thread about it here and I remember you testing it as well. We couldn't get the mouse input to work correctly
