Comments on: Need more apps on Windows 8? Android via Bluestacks to the rescue!

By: kelv1969

kelv1969 — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:45:50 +0000

We need more apps like we need a hole in the head. People, throughout the globe are immersed in time wasting pursuits while the unfortunates (the poor, sick, third world) are left to rot. Throw these pathetic soul sapping devices away before it is too late. Go out into the big wide world and shake someone by the hand; tell your father you love him; give someone a helping hand. Come on Google and all your like. You are happy to put your billion dollar backing into projects such as Glass, which will make ‘apps’ lovers even more hooked into their cyber lives. Why not put your financial clout into a world project that actually help others instead of you and your shareholders.

By: kelv1969

kelv1969 — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:39:38 +0000

Is ‘apps’ another word for time wasting, trivial games? That’s all I see out there for download. When will the humans in this world stop wasting their precious time and go out into the world they were fortunate to be born into and do something genuinely worth while. Help a sick animal. Do an errand for an elderly person. Tidy your garden. Pay some attention to your family members. Tell your father you love him. 750,000 apps and all of them designed to divert your attention from the real issues of this world and milk you of some cash. God help us all!

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:29:50 +0000

Why don’t you mention that bluestacks for windows 8 doesn’t run as a metro app, and instead runs in forced fullscreen on the desktop. It is awkward and poorly designed. If they wanted to make this type of software they should have made a C# backend.

By: tlee

tlee — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:21:49 +0000

Still waiting on a RT version

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:38:22 +0000

Thanks Alex! Sadly, I think the Intel Atom (or more specifically, the Intel graphics used with the Atom) isn’t capable of running Bluestacks. I say that because I tried installing it to an Acer W510 — same chipset as your VivoTab Smart — and I get the same black screen. :(

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:47:27 +0000

Kevin, thank you for this and many other good articles! I’ve downloaded the Bluestacks to my Asus VivoTab Smart, but have no luck running it. All I get is a black screen. Any advice?

By: Rann Xeroxx

Rann Xeroxx — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:25:44 +0000

I use my Windows 8 Pro computer desktop apps via the touch all the time. If you increase the resolution a little, touch really is not that big a problem with most desktop apps. I don’t see a need for running Android apps on it but it is nice to have the option if you like.

By: Ormy Underhill

Ormy Underhill — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:20:12 +0000

Kevin, Good article. That said, why not make the blue font on the website a few degrees darker? Maybe from powder to baby blue at least. Did Om select it or what? Thanks in advance. Seriously.