Looking for computers to buy, you can find some portable or convertible computers (ie half tablets and half PCs equipped with keyboard and touchscreen) with Android operating system . Some of them, laptops, are cheap because Android is an open source operating system, while others, hybrid tablets that can be converted to PC by attaching the keyboard, can also cost a lot.
To answer the question of the title briefly we can say that no, it is not worth it because Android is not an operating system suitable for PCs, even if it can work on combined laptops.
Android is excellent on smartphones and tablets, but it is completely different from Windows and does not work well with larger screens and on PCs to be used with the mouse .
There are various versions of Android PCs: there are compact desktop PCs, made from large touchscreen monitors, designed for use on a fixed desk.
There are convertible laptops, very similar to those with Windows 8 like Microsoft Surface, with touch screen and detachable keyboard, so you can use the laptop as a tablet.
There are mini-PCs, cheap, to be connected to a monitor or a TV.
If you compare these devices with Windows 10 tablets, then they make perfect sense and are preferred.
If you compare Android with Windows 10 in terms of touch applications, then there is no comparison.
The Android store is significantly richer than the Microsoft Store and there is no comparison.
On the other hand, however, if we talk about real Windows 10, the one with desktop programs, then the discourse changes and Android cannot compete with Windows on desktop computers or non-touchscreen laptops .
The problem is that Android was not designed for use with the mouse and keyboard and is not optimized for large screens.
Android works well on a smartphone and on small tablets such as the Nexus 7, but allows you to use only one app at a time on the screen and you cannot have multiple windows on the screen (you can use the apps to open multiple applications simultaneously inside windows like on Windows, but it doesn't work for all.)
Android has good support for keyboards, while with the mouse it is not very capable and does not support the right button.
Basically we can say that:
Convertible laptops to Android tablets can be good.
The keyboard basically works well and allows you to write emails, documents and blogs faster.
However, it must be considered that all Android tablets, as well as iPads, can be connected to a removable keyboard so buying the convertible (which in any case costs more than a normal tablet) can be an unnecessary expense.
Android desktop PCs, albeit with a touchscreen, don't make much sense.
Maybe it could work on a public computer with the touch screen, just to surf the internet, in limited user mode.
For Android mini-PCs, the word of the desktop is valid if they want to be used as real computers, while they can be decent solutions if used as a TV BOX to watch videos on TV.
Normal laptops with Android are also not worth it for all the reasons listed above, related to the usability of Android with the mouse.
Google itself does not use Android on its laptops, preferring instead its other Chrome OS system.
If it's the same Google, which develops Android, that doesn't sell or promote Android on PC, I don't see why we should bet on it.
Those who have an old laptop, however, could try to install Android X-86 on PC to get it back fast.
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