Microsoft has released its Windows 8 Developer Preview operating system, for PCs and tablets, to the public as a free download.
Microsoft has made available three different versions of Windows 8 for download (two versions built for 64-bit systems which use new processors and can make use of more RAM, versus older 32-bit PCs that use earlier chips and less memory), which all show up as an ISO file when downloaded.
Windows 8 developer
preview has been released for public, now any one can
download and do a fresh
install of
windows 8 as it is right now not supported for virtual machines, but still there are
many people who are successful in
installing windows 8 on virtual environment like vmware,
virtual pc etc. For those who are worried about clean install of windows 8, please note that in order to install windows 8 on
your computer you just need a drive with around 20 -25 GB of free space, and you can install windows 8 on that partition without deleting any files on that partition.
However if you want to try out windows 8 developer version, you can download as per your pc from this page. But please mind that this is not the final version of windows 8, but lot more features are going to be added and it still needs to become more stable, as it may crash on your machine. As far as my feedback I m running windows 8 preview since morning it has not crashed even once.
For Those Interested in Downloading and Trying Windows 8 Developer Build, see the information below. We will come out with more detailed tips and tricks posts for windows 8 stay tuned. 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.