If you’re a geek and think “hackintosh” is cool, just wait, you should checkout the Androidx86 project if you haven’t. It’s the same concept compare to the hackintosh community, the main goal is to bring Android to the x86 architecture CPUs running natively. Unlike hackintosh, the challenge is to convert the entire code base from ARM support to x86.

1. While you can't replace the Android operating system with Windows 8 or install Windows 8 directly onto your Android, an emulator app called Limbo will allow you to run a version of Windows 8. Keep in mind that most Android tablets are not designed to run computer-based operating systems, so your tablet will slow down noticeably when using Windows 8.
2. Installing an Android OS on a Windows Tablet. Not all features are available as the x86 version is unofficial. As such you’ll need to install gApps to get things like Google Play and Gmail. This is true of any unofficial Android build and we’ll take a look at it in a future guide.'

Here's a tutorial on download Android Marshmallow for PC/Laptop and install Android M 6.0 alongside Windows 7/8.1 & 10 i.e. Dual boot marshmallow & Windows.

Just few days ago, they have released the Android Honeycomb 3.2 RC2 for PC. There are different distributions of this release you can download that targeted specific for different models (a windows tablets or PCs).

If you have one of the following device around consider yourself lucky. Some of the device seems to play nicely with their ported version of Android, including working wifi, audio and video play properly as well.

• ASUS Eee PCs/Laptops
• Viewsonic Viewpad 10
• Dell Inspiron Mini Duo
• Samsung Q1U
• Viliv S5
• Lenovo ThinkPad x61 Tablet

Since I don’t have any of the device listed above, I will show you how you can install it on a virtual machine. VirtualBox or VMware Player/Workstation should all work. If you are confident enough with what you are doing, this Android Honeycomb is just another OS, which means you can install it on your PC and make your system multi boot into Windows 7 and other OS.

Install on VMware Workstation

Pick IDE

SCSI Controller set to LSI Logic

Here you want to attach the ISO that you have downloaded from the androidx86 before starting the VM

Choose Installation

Here you want to create a new partition

It’s a little bit tricky here, you want to make sure to create a “New” partition with bootable flags.

Type: “yes” to write to the partition. Then quit

Now you can pick and choose to install the android on the new partition that you have just created.

Make sure the format is set to “ext3”

Yes to install the boot loader GRUB

The installation should be very quick.

And now you get yourself a working Android Honeycomb running natively in x86 on your Virtual Machine. Note, you can also run an emulator version of the android via android SDK if you are a developer. This project’s primary goal is to port over to the real working PC.

Any how, give it a try ! If you are interested in finding more info regarding this project checkout their wiki page.

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Tablets running Windows 8 can be powerful in their own right, but on the go, sometimes it can leave a bit to be desired. If you prefer the Android experience on your tablet on the go, but the desktop experience at a keyboard, you can install Android on your x86 tablet, dual boot, and get the best of both worlds.

The folks over at MakeUseOf have a pretty complete walkthrough from start to finish on how to drop Android on a USB stick, tweak your Windows 8 tablet's UEFI settings, disable Secure Boot, and finally, install Android from the USB stick on your tablet. The process doesn't take too long, and once you're finished you'll be able to switch operating systems whenever you need to.

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There are a few caveats of course: For one, this only works with Intel-based x86 tablets, which means the only Android apps you'll be able to run on the Android side are ones that support x86. There are plenty, but you definitely won't be able to just download and run anything you want—you'll have to check first. Similarly, if you have an x86 Windows 8 tablet, you could always install previously mentionedBlueStacks and emulate Android without even leaving Windows, but that's definitely a performance hit over dual booting. Whatever you choose to do, it's good to have options—and to unlock your Windows tablet so you can install what you want. Hit the link below to see the full walkthrough.

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