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Intel i5 2500 won't run HAXM

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ultrarunner2018

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Hi;
I am just getting started with Android Studio, and want to use an emulator on my Windows 7 PC.
Problem is, the system is old - 2012 build - and has an Intel Core i5 2500 processor on an MSI P67A mobo.
Any emulators that will run from within AS that will run on my system?

Thanks

Ultrarunner
 
Android Studio https://developer.android.com/studio/ says that Microsoft® Windows® 7/8/10 (32- or 64-bit) supported.
The problem with emulators not CPU or Windows, but video card and drivers. It's difficult to say if Intel HAXM will work with you video card.
The only way is just install and check it out.
 
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I've recommended this to people in the past, but one way to resurrect an old computer is to install Linux. In general it's less resource hungry than Windows and you get better performance out of the hardware.
I use Ubuntu as a development platform for Android. It works really well for me.
 
LV426 said:
I've recommended this to people in the past, but one way to resurrect an old computer is to install Linux. In general it's less resource hungry than Windows and you get better performance out of the hardware.
I use Ubuntu as a development platform for Android. It works really well for me.
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I had Ubuntu on my Windows box for a couple years, but wasn't using it enough to make it worthwhile re-installing it when I upgraded to SSD for my OS. I can still install it today, but I would not use the Grub loader. Instead I would let Windows boot the Linux (or perhaps I will install a VM for it). I didn't like what happened every time I upgraded Windows - had to re-install Grub, unless I disconnected (or disabled) the Linux drive before doing the upgrade.

At this point, I think I'm going to learn Java first, then get into Android. It really doesn't make sense for me to add the complexity of coding Android apps until I am proficient in Java.
 
I like your plan. Good knowledge of Java is a prerequisite to coding Android apps.
 
I am almost certain that my i5 2500 processor and P67A mobo will not support VT-x. There isn't even an option in the BIOS to set it. But that is something I'll address once I have mastered Java, and am ready to move into Android.
 
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