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[AMD] Give the people what they want!

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One obvious solution is to eliminate the gap between Windows and Android-give the people their favorite game app on their desktop right next to Microsoft Office! Not surprisingly, several options that do just that are emerging as PC manufacturers work to extend the Android experience to the PC.

AMD is supporting that effort through its collaboration with BlueStacks, who started by creating a very popular Android app player for Windows. Now, through this collaboration with AMD, they are poised to deliver a completely virtualized Android environment that runs all of the most popular Android entertainment, content consumption and productivity apps right within the Windows desktop.
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AMD ‏@AMD 10m
We partnered with @bluestacksinc to bring users the complete @Android OS experience on your favorite devices: http://bit.ly/1loqkym
 
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Originally Posted by krisz9 View Post

im confused. why do we care about this again?
Just because AMD thinks we should
 
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This sounded USELESS to me at first. Then I thought about it. I would LOVE a window on top of my desktop dedicated for my cell phone environment. However, I don't see the mass appeal.
 
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Originally Posted by Shadychevyowner View Post

Im confused. Why not just use windows 8.1?
Because id estimate 99% of x86 apps were made to be used with a physical keyboard and mouse. With bluestacks you can theoretically turn any windows device into an android device with not additional support from the original manufacturer. Its not the greatest news, but it hopefully means faster/better development of a potentially extremely useful app.
 
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Bluestacks is pretty good, but they really need to work out the bugs with the screen flickering. I would like to finish Plants Vs Zombies 2 sometime this year. It's nice though, being able to log into Kik on my desktop and just leave my phone somewhere charging. Those are the only two uses I have for it, but it's enough.
 
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Originally Posted by sdlvx View Post

Everyone should be excited about this. Everyone is bailing on Windows. Soon we will all be free from Windows tyranny.
this doesnt rid of windows..at least not from my understanding of the quoted part posted in the OP.
No, but you're locked into Windows. THere's a lot of stuff you just can't do in Linux or Android because it doesn't get enough support. I still have no native Photoshop and the amount of Steam games you get are small compared to what you get with Windows. Not to mention everything has to be in OpenGL now.

Windows is where it is right now not because it's good (it's not bad either), but because of the fact that there's so much lock in. No one ever makes a big deal out of it but Microsoft has everyone locked down with DirectX to the point where if you want to play serious games you have to use Windows.

Mantle is going to help with that a lot.

But the fact that Intel just got done with their CES announcement and had pictures of Android and even directly promoted their Edison box running Linux is huge. AMD isn't the only one bailing on Windows.

I still think that it'd take a few years at least for any sort of big ripples to show up, because people really hate changing from something very familiar, but it will happen. But the fact that Windows is losing support from basically all the major x86 players (Nvidia with Tegra K1, Intel pushing Linux/Android, AMD Mantle/Linux/Android)

It is happening whether you want to admit it or not. The time of AMD, Intel, Nvidia, and OEMs bending over backwards to get good Windows licensing deals are gone.
 
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Originally Posted by MunneY View Post

This is actually really cool. Why all the hate?
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Originally Posted by Chaython View Post

Just because AMD thinks we should
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Originally Posted by Shadychevyowner View Post

Im confused. Why not just use windows 8.1?
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Originally Posted by krisz9 View Post

im confused. why do we care about this again?
Because AMD are doing it lol. The nvidia guys would much rather see company's wasting time drawing crop circles in stupid publicity stunts rather than actually releasing things lol.
 
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Originally Posted by sdlvx View Post

No, but you're locked into Windows. THere's a lot of stuff you just can't do in Linux or Android because it doesn't get enough support. I still have no native Photoshop and the amount of Steam games you get are small compared to what you get with Windows. Not to mention everything has to be in OpenGL now.

Windows is where it is right now not because it's good (it's not bad either), but because of the fact that there's so much lock in. No one ever makes a big deal out of it but Microsoft has everyone locked down with DirectX to the point where if you want to play serious games you have to use Windows.

Mantle is going to help with that a lot.

But the fact that Intel just got done with their CES announcement and had pictures of Android and even directly promoted their Edison box running Linux is huge. AMD isn't the only one bailing on Windows.

I still think that it'd take a few years at least for any sort of big ripples to show up, because people really hate changing from something very familiar, but it will happen. But the fact that Windows is losing support from basically all the major x86 players (Nvidia with Tegra K1, Intel pushing Linux/Android, AMD Mantle/Linux/Android)

It is happening whether you want to admit it or not. The time of AMD, Intel, Nvidia, and OEMs bending over backwards to get good Windows licensing deals are gone.
I'm all for moving away from windows to linux, i really do hope it gains a tremendous amount of support to the point that it can replace windows. But isn't that different from what this article is about? It's relevant in a way, but different, is it not?
 
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I think this is cool if you have a Windows Tablet.
 
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Originally Posted by krisz9 View Post

im confused. why do we care about this again?
Uhhhhh............... well.........................nope got nothing.
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Originally Posted by mboner1 View Post

Because AMD are doing it lol. The nvidia guys would much rather see company's wasting time drawing crop circles in stupid publicity stunts rather than actually releasing things lol.
And AMD handing out potato chips at the Intel conference 4 months ago wasn't a stupid publicity stunt?

I agree the crop circle thing was stupid but that just means they are both into doing stupid publicity stunts not just one side.
 
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