I cant remember if there was any nasty adware (some claim 'sweetpacks' and an unwanted search engine on cnet-so double check everything as you go through its installation). Not bad though, does what I need it to, and should get better in time.
Worst thing about bluestacks-slow to start, resource hog, and the 'bluestacks android service' starts up whether bluestacks is disabled or not from doing so via 'msconfig>Startup'. Bluestacks may also be needed to upload images, although I havent tried it yet. I use pokki instagrille on the pc to view it. I only wanted bluestacks so I could register on instagram (you cant register on instagram without an android phone). I was sure I installed 'Bluestacks lite', around 8mb.īluestacks only runs certain kinds of files, so most full programs (ie complex games) dont run at all yet. Perhaps it has issues on 64 bit systems, but I imagine if it runs on 64 bit win7, it should be ok. It should run the same on 8, since the official site claims it does, although I havent tried it yet. Installation was quite slow here on 7 (dual 1.5ghz 2GB laptop-around 2007, integrated rubbish graphics) but it worked ok. Developers will follow when the number of those users that complain grow to a point where it makes sense to provide a native app. Trust me, users are quick to complain when apps aren't available natively on their preferred platform. Once Windows has more users, it will make sense for us to provide native apps since people will be less likely to "make do" with non-native apps. (We don't have the resources of companies like Facebook or Instagram, etc) It is however nice to know that the smaller number of Windows users will be able to use our apps even if it's a little less seamless (Meaning you have to install BlueStacks and manage the app from within it) and the performance is degraded.
It's not in my companies best interest to write apps for Windows RT/Phone8 right now since the number of users are so low compared to Android and iOS. How am I contradicting myself? Once Windows becomes more popular it makes more sense for a developer to spend the time and money to port/re-write for Windows in order to increase the user experience for their apps.
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