[Free] Windows 8 Developer Build

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[Free] Windows 8 Developer Build
Much like when Windows 7 RC was released nearly a year before Windows 7 came out, MS is now offering Windows 8 for free download to anyone.

The download will be made available tonight at 8pm PT.

Relevant links:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/13/windows-8-developer-preview-when-and-where-to-download/

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/home/

32- or 64-bit x86 machines only - no ARM build, which means no Touchpad hack is going to come from this build.




Stolen in its entirety from SD

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?sduid=284612&t=3309108
 
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hmmm.. I Guess I can run this off my 2nd drive to play with.. Would probably be too snug if I tried to dual boot this & 7 on a 64gb ssd.. That or wait a week & see how this does for games..
 
what exactly is a devolpers build? i know a stupid question to most but im new. ive clicked on the dev link, second one, it dosent mention anything about windows 8, only developers builds. maybe someone can shine some light on my arrogance.
 
SpinCykle said:
what exactly is a devolpers build? i know a stupid question to most but im new. ive clicked on the dev link, second one, it dosent mention anything about windows 8, only developers builds. maybe someone can shine some light on my arrogance.
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It's a preview. App developers can use it to start building apps, but users can try it out too.
 
I was going to have to reformat due to a hard drive upgrade soon so maybe I will just roll with this.
 
Going to try this on my EEEpc and maybe a VM on my main. Thanks for the link.
 
Downloading both ISOs now. I'll try the 32-bit version as a VM on my laptop tomorrow, and then I'll likely toss the 64-bit one into an ESXi VM.
 
I think i'm going to run this exclusive on my laptop, just cause.

Anyone else have the installer hang at 3% of expanding files?
 
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MrFace said:
Been toying with it. Pretty dumb unless you're running a tablet.
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agreed the "start" menu is kinda annoying if your not using some sort of touch screen

ill continue to play maybe it will grow on me... hopefully the one they release isnt made more for touch/tablets and not for pc's
 
Bummer, this doesn't work in VMWare Player. It works in the latest version of Workstation though, from what I have read. Oh well... just going to have to wait for an updated version of Player before I can play around with Windows 8.
 
Can someone please post some quick screenies of it here? It would help people here save time....

found the official Win8 dev forum... here is a good thread for anyone who is thinking about trying it: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Fo...l/thread/152d7895-4281-427d-a6e1-40af0d8648ec

It appears one should DEFINITElY dual-boot or make a seprate partition for the dev win8.... and that its pretty shitty, alpha-stage, not even beta yet..... check the thread for details
 
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