Microsoft today released Windows 8 with 3 versions of Developer Preview made available:
Versions
1) A 64-bit version with all the developer tools built-in, along with sample Metro apps to get developers started.
Versions
1) A 64-bit version with all the developer tools built-in, along with sample Metro apps to get developers started.
- 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
2) A 64-bit version only with the sample apps and without the tools
Includes a disk image file (.iso) to install the Windows Developer Preview and Metro style apps on a 64-bit PC.
3) Similar 32-bit version without any developer tools
Includes a disk image file (.iso) to install the Windows Developer Preview and Metro style apps on a 32-bit PC.
All of these three versions should operate in a similar fashion, so unless you’re aiming to develop Windows 8 apps, you’ll probably be fine with either one of these.
No builtin upgrades possible using Developer Preview, only clean install is supported, this is because of system’s early development state.
System requirements:
In case your machine currently works with Windows 7, there is high possibility that it will work with Windows 8 too, since the requirements are the same.
You’ll also need multi-touch capable hardware in order to try Windows 8′s multi-touch support, of course.
Windows 8 is teased as a system that would "change everything". It indeed includes new usage paradigms that are unheard of on the Windows platform, such a full-screen tile-based user interface and app store, among others. Microsoft has pledged to keep the Developer Preview fresh by issuing periodic updates.
Download links:
All the below are disk images (.iso)
1) Download Windows 8 Developer Preview (64-bit) with Developer Tools:
Includes a disk image file (.iso) to install the Windows Developer Preview and Metro style apps on a 32-bit PC.
All of these three versions should operate in a similar fashion, so unless you’re aiming to develop Windows 8 apps, you’ll probably be fine with either one of these.
No builtin upgrades possible using Developer Preview, only clean install is supported, this is because of system’s early development state.
System requirements:
- 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
In case your machine currently works with Windows 7, there is high possibility that it will work with Windows 8 too, since the requirements are the same.
You’ll also need multi-touch capable hardware in order to try Windows 8′s multi-touch support, of course.
Windows 8 is teased as a system that would "change everything". It indeed includes new usage paradigms that are unheard of on the Windows platform, such a full-screen tile-based user interface and app store, among others. Microsoft has pledged to keep the Developer Preview fresh by issuing periodic updates.
Download links:
All the below are disk images (.iso)
1) Download Windows 8 Developer Preview (64-bit) with Developer Tools:
Approximate Size: 4.8 GB
Sha 1 hash - 6FE9352FB59F6D0789AF35D1001BD4E4E81E42AF
2) Download Windows 8 Developer Preview (64-bit) without the developer tools:
http://wdp.dlws.microsoft.com/WDPDL/9B8DFDFF736C5B1DBF956B89D8A9D4FD925DACD2/WindowsDeveloperPreview-64bit-English.iso
Approximate Size: 3.6 GB
Sha 1 hash – 79DBF235FD49F5C1C8F8C04E24BDE6E1D04DA1E9
3) Download Windows 8 Developer Preview (32-bit):
Approximate Size: 3.6 GB
Sha 1 hash – 79DBF235FD49F5C1C8F8C04E24BDE6E1D04DA1E9
3) Download Windows 8 Developer Preview (32-bit):
Approximate Size: 2.8 GB
Sha 1 hash - 4E0698BBABE01ED27582C9FC16AD21C4422913CC
How to Do a Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and Windows 8
Follow link below... read point No. 4 carefully...
http://windows8post.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-to-do-dual-boot-installation-with.html
Acknowledgements: Redmond Pie, Microsoft
