1.BlueStacks
If you're interested only in running Android apps on your
Windows machine, this is the way to go. Of the three options I review in this
blog post, it's by far the simplest and cleanest. Rather than installing the
entire Android OS on your PC, it lets you run Android apps in their own
separate windows, as if they were Windows desktop apps. You'll even be able to
install apps directly from Google Play. And if you've got a Mac, you're also in
luck, because it lets Macs run Android apps as well.
This lets you install the entire
Android operating system on a Windows PC, with the option of either overwriting
Windows altogether, or using a dual-boot Android-Windows option. Some words of
warning here: This is not for the faint of heart or for non-techies. It's still
a work in progress, and won't work with all hardware. With all those caveats,
if you're still interested.
3.Android-x86 on VirtualBox
This one requires a two-step process:
First install VirtualBox,
which lets you run a variety of operating systems inside Windows, and then run Android-x86 as a virtual machine inside it. That
way, you can run the entire Android OS inside a virtual machine on Windows, or
on a Mac or Linux, for that matter. Keep in mind that if you haven't used
VirtualBox before, it requires a fair amount of fiddling and diddling before
you get it right. But it's worth it. If you're feeling extremely brave, you can
instead install Android-x86 directly on your Windows machine, but it's not
something I'd want to try.
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