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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Download Windows 8 Developer Preview (Pre-Beta)

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Interested to test out the Windows 8? Here are the Download links for the Developer Preview:
Windows Developer Preview with developer tools English, 64-bit (x64)

]DOWNLOAD] (4.8 GB)
Sha 1 hash - 6FE9352FB59F6D0789AF35D1001BD4E4E81E42AF
All of the following come on a disk image file (.iso). See below for installation instructions.



  • 64-bit Windows Developer Preview

  • Windows SDK for Metro style apps

  • Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Express for Windows Developer Preview

  • Microsoft Expression Blend 5 Developer Preview

  • 28 Metro style apps including the BUILD Conference app




Windows Developer Preview English, 64-bit (x64)
[DOWNLOAD] (3.6 GB)
Sha 1 hash – 79DBF235FD49F5C1C8F8C04E24BDE6E1D04DA1E9
Includes a disk image file (.iso) to install the Windows Developer Preview and Metro style apps on a 64-bit PC.

Windows Developer Preview English, 32-bit (x86)
[DOWNLOAD] (2.8 GB)
Sha 1 hash - 4E0698BBABE01ED27582C9FC16AD21C4422913CC
Includes a disk image file (.iso) to install the Windows Developer Preview and Metro style apps on a 32-bit PC.

Also it seems that Windows 8 has about the same system requirements as Windows 7!

System Requirements
Windows Developer Preview works great on the same hardware that powers Windows Vista and Windows 7:


  • 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

  • 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)

  • 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)

  • DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

  • Taking advantage of touch input requires a screen that supports multi-touch



The preview build does not include the Windows Store, Windows Live Metro style apps, and some of the user interface features; and the focus of the preview is the API and development tools for building Metro style apps.

Microsoft gives the following warning:
The software is provided as is, and you bear the risk of using it. It may not be stable, operate correctly or work the way the final version of the software will. It should not be used in a production environment. The features and functionality in the prerelease software may not appear in the final version. Some product features and functionality may require advanced or additional hardware, or installation of other software.

Also you might wanna watch the following video from lifehacker:


[Source][Dev Cente]

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