Beware of Andy

[madtablet]

I installed Andy the android emulator last night. Fan went into 4th gear and I decided to quit the application and put the SP3 (i5) to sleep.

Woke up this morning, fan blowing like superman extinguishing fire and sounding like a jet engine. Not only was the SP3 hot as hell but so was everything underneath it. Immediately uninstalled Andy, rebooted and then shut down. Hopefully no more problems.

 

[ctitanic]

Android emulators or virtual machines are heavy. All of them will make yours SP3 run hot.

 

[leeshor]

You aren't the first to warn about Andy.

 

[kundas1]

wow thanks for the heads up, will definitely avoid this...

 

[Billy64]

Yes I removed Andy too. Now I use Bluestacks which is working perfectly fine on SP3. (I think they improved the version because it was not so good a couple of months ago)

 

[enthuz]

Yes I removed Andy too. Now I use Bluestacks which is working perfectly fine on SP3. (I think they improved the version because it was not so good a couple of months ago)

If that is true can you (or anyone with it) compare it with the latest version of DuoOS?

 

[Billy64]

I'll try DuoOS but actually for testing because I am fully satisfied with Bluestacks

 

[Scott Wells]

I'm using Duos on my SP3 and am very happy with it.

 

[kundas1]

I was also using DuOS and it ran very good, just didn't use android enough to justify paying the $10 after the trial period...

 

[enthuz]

I ask, because I tried Bluestacks awhile ago, but it possessed my setup, so I had to exorcise it immediately. If Bluestacks is much more stable now, then like @kundas1 stated, it would eliminate the need to pay the fee.

 

[bluegrass]

Kicked Android & the Google clan out of my house a couple years ago and I sure wouldn't want to invite them back. I think the only thing Google is good for is searching for something.

 

[Billy64]

I ask, because I tried Bluestacks awhile ago, but it possessed my setup, so I had to exorcise it immediately. If Bluestacks is much more stable now, then like @kundas1 stated, it would eliminate the need to pay the fee.

But the problem is that Bluestacks is not free anymore .... 24$/year Except if you accept to download commercial... .
Finally I paid because it works well, I daily use Ultimate Guitar, Google Books, and often Alpinequest Android apps