Windows 8 Developer preview available for download now
The upcoming instalment of Microsoft’s Operating System, Windows 8, is now available for download. Well the Developer Preview copy at least.
You can grab it in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors, or the 64-bit version along with developer tools. The developer tools version requires a clean install, but if you have a Windows Vista or 7 installation on your machine, you can keep accounts, files and settings with a new installation. Windows XP users can upgrade and keep their accounts and files only.
The title of Developer Preview for this download should make it clear that it is nowhere near stable release. Let alone beta and should not be used as your primary OS. Either way, you can grab a copy of the ISO below.
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
[Download the Developer Preview]
[via lifehacker | Windows Phone Metro]
