I recently started to learn to program on Android. I’ve only gotten in a couple of chapters in a book, but the emulator seems to run extremely slow. From what I found this is a general problem. I also found that there is a way to install android on a PC.
install android on PC
Could this solution prove a suitable test environment for a beginner developer?
Try Bluestacks.
Set it up using these instructions from XDA-Developers.com
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1303563