Fortunately, there are projects like Android-x86 which has just recently reached an important milestone of bringing Android 7.1 Nougat to any computers running on an Intel or AMD x86 processor.

Interested in learning what all the hubbub about Android-powered laptops is about, but unwilling to drop hundreds of bucks to sate your curiosity? Give Android a whirl on your PC for free.

There are many ways to experience Android-x86 on your PC. Perhaps the easiest but also most resource-intensive is to download the ISO and run it in a virtual machine like VMWare or VirtualBox.

Android-x86 works as a bootable USB on your computer or in an emulator like VirtualBox. It's less of a ready-made solution than some of the alternatives, but you can peek at the source code, and ...

If you have some old hardware, or share a computer and want your own personal Android OS you can carry around, Remix OS for PC is a good place to start.

The first stable version of 'Android x86 CM 14.1' is also now available from the project. Unlike the above release, which is based on AOSP (stock) Android, this version is based on LineageOS 14.1.