Thanks to the Android-x86.org group, the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system has been ported to work on x86 processors like those made by AMD and Intel.
With the port, the OS should be able to be used on notebooks without any need for virtualization.
Additionally, the OS could be made available for x86 tablets in the near future, as well.
The current port is still ... [ read the full article ]
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Please anybody correct me if I'm wrong, but... Will this be of much use if apps and drivers aren't ported as well? x86 processors won't be able to run native ARM code without virtualization, and Android apps are mostly Java code, but that "mostly" in the sentence is what makes an actual difference.
Originally posted by dali: Please anybody correct me if I'm wrong, but... Will this be of much use if apps and drivers aren't ported as well? x86 processors won't be able to run native ARM code without virtualization, and Android apps are mostly Java code, but that "mostly" in the sentence is what makes an actual difference.
Well, that going to be the key to this working, that's why they're still saying it's broken, but even operating w/o virtualization especially in the format it's in it's pretty much an amazing feat by its self.
