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    • JaredBusch
      JaredBusch last edited by JaredBusch

      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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      • Obsolesce
        Obsolesce @JaredBusch last edited by Obsolesce

        @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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        • Obsolesce
          Obsolesce last edited by

          I have not tried Nox App Player, so can't say anything with that.

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          • scottalanmiller
            scottalanmiller last edited by

            I think @pchiodo uses BlueStacks daily and has no issues with it.

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            • hobbit666
              hobbit666 last edited by

              I'd instantly say BlueStack not really tried many others

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              • JaredBusch
                JaredBusch last edited by

                thanks all.

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                • stacksofplates
                  stacksofplates last edited by

                  Is there an advantage to using BlueStacks over just downloading the x86_64 ISO?

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                  • JaredBusch
                    JaredBusch @stacksofplates last edited by

                    @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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                    • scottalanmiller
                      scottalanmiller @stacksofplates last edited by

                      @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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                      • Pete.S
                        Pete.S @stacksofplates last edited by Pete.S

                        @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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                        • stacksofplates
                          stacksofplates @Pete.S last edited by

                          @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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                          • stacksofplates
                            stacksofplates @scottalanmiller last edited by

                            @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?

                            https://www.android-x86.org/

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                            • stacksofplates
                              stacksofplates @JaredBusch last edited by

                              @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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                              • Obsolesce
                                Obsolesce @stacksofplates last edited by Obsolesce

                                @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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                                • IRJ
                                  IRJ @stacksofplates last edited by

                                  @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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                                  • stacksofplates
                                    stacksofplates @IRJ last edited by

                                    @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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                                    • stacksofplates
                                      stacksofplates @IRJ last edited by

                                      @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.

                                      android.png

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                                      • syko24
                                        syko24 @Obsolesce last edited by

                                        @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.

                                        https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041390952-How-to-run-BlueStacks-with-Hyper-V-enabled

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                                        • stacksofplates
                                          stacksofplates @syko24 last edited by

                                          @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.

                                          https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041390952-How-to-run-BlueStacks-with-Hyper-V-enabled

                                          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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                                          • IRJ
                                            IRJ @stacksofplates last edited by

                                            @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

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