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Author:  soddit112 [ Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:23 am ]
Post subject:  Windows 8 Developer Preview Available for Download
Source: Guru3D.com

Quote:
See what’s new and upcoming in Windows 8, you can download the ISO, burn it to a DVD and install it. No key is required for the software (that is bound to expire at one point).

Microsoft warns that a lot of small issues still need to be fixed, so a expect lot of updated in the upcoming weeks.

This downloadable guide shows you new features for developers, consumers and businesses. The Windows Developer Preview is a pre-beta version of Windows 8 for developers. These downloads include prerelease software that may change without notice. 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.

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


Link to Download Selection Page

just saw this, seems that Microsoft has made a Windows 8 Developer Preview available at its BUILD conference, complete with program design tools, and a bunch of other stuff. the full download is 4.8GB, but without the tools it is 3.8GB. dev tools are only available for 64bit (thank God), but a 32bit .iso is provided for installation. :)

*EDIT* Thanks Lev!!
Author:  l3v1ck [ Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:28 am ]
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soddit112 wrote:
*EDIT* huh, i thought i posted this in the news section :S can someone move this thread, if thats where it should be? thanks :)
Consider it moved. ;)
Author:  forquare1 [ Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Windows 8 Developer Preview Available for Download
Run it in VirtualBox :D
Author:  jonlumb [ Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:41 pm ]
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Definitely fancy having a play with this, I love new things.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:55 pm ]
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I'm just not excited by Windows 8. Windows 7 excited me as Vista had a bad reputation and XP was seriously showing its age. But as Windows 7 is still great and fairly new, I just don't see a reason to be that bothered.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Windows 8 Developer Preview Available for Download
l3v1ck wrote:
I'm just not excited by Windows 8. Windows 7 excited me as Vista had a bad reputation and XP was seriously showing its age. But as Windows 7 is still great and fairly new, I just don't see a reason to be that bothered.

Many corporates have already said no to 8. Maybe Microsoft are having problems keeping that money train rolling? Need a new release to get the income again?
Author:  pcernie [ Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Windows 8 Developer Preview Available for Download
There are certain wee things that interest me about it, but we've all been lied to so many times before, so I'll wait and see what the final release holds when it's reviewed...
Author:  big_D [ Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Windows 8 Developer Preview Available for Download
l3v1ck wrote:
I'm just not excited by Windows 8. Windows 7 excited me as Vista had a bad reputation and XP was seriously showing its age. But as Windows 7 is still great and fairly new, I just don't see a reason to be that bothered.

I'm interested to see how the interface works. I currently have 5 overlapping windows on my screen, it took me a while to get them set up. The "full screen mode" that both Windows and OS X are taking just wouldn't work for me - I tried it in OS X, but it looks silly on a 24" display.
Author:  forquare1 [ Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:26 am ]
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big_D wrote:
l3v1ck wrote:
I'm just not excited by Windows 8. Windows 7 excited me as Vista had a bad reputation and XP was seriously showing its age. But as Windows 7 is still great and fairly new, I just don't see a reason to be that bothered.

I'm interested to see how the interface works. I currently have 5 overlapping windows on my screen, it took me a while to get them set up. The "full screen mode" that both Windows and OS X are taking just wouldn't work for me - I tried it in OS X, but it looks silly on a 24" display.


Full screen apps work really well on portables, and when you look at the market many people are buying portable over desktops. Haven't Apple shown that they mainly sell MacBook*s?

Having overlapping screens is a luxury of having high screen resolutions and having the space to fit everything together nicely. One thing that frustrates me with overlapping windows in Windows is that to scroll a scrollable pane on a background but visible app you've got to click it (the pane, and thus the app) into focus, meaning that a background app jumps to the front just to be scrolled. I don't know if this is still the case?
Author:  lacloss [ Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Windows 8 Developer Preview Available for Download
Started loading 9.42 am,Acer aspire 3000 2gig ram 80 gig hdd amd something or other . :geek: ;)


finished installing at 10.05 am ,

now lets play
:lol: :lol:
Author:  Spreadie [ Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:21 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Windows 8 Developer Preview Available for Download
l3v1ck wrote:
I'm just not excited by Windows 8. Windows 7 excited me as Vista had a bad reputation and XP was seriously showing its age. But as Windows 7 is still great and fairly new, I just don't see a reason to be that bothered.

This.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:57 am ]
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Bah, doesn't install under VirtualBox.
Author:  james016 [ Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:08 am ]
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I have the 32bit version installed on a spare PC. Can't work out how to close down programs/apps without resorting to the task manager.
The screen is limited to 1280x1024.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Windows 8 Developer Preview Available for Download
big_D wrote:
The "full screen mode" that both Windows and OS X are taking just wouldn't work for me - I tried it in OS X, but it looks silly on a 24" display.

The only thing that I use full screen for are games. I have dozens of windows open normally so will probably not use full screen if I can when I install Lion.
Author:  soddit112 [ Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Windows 8 Developer Preview Available for Download
finally figured out how to make it install in VirtualBox (i had VT-x diabled in EFI, so it crashed on boot :oops: ). its unpacking itself right now, ill report back when its done :D

*EDIT* well, the new task manager is nice, it shows all the information that used to be saved for Performance Monitor (RAM/disk/network usage), which makes things a lot easier for me. cant say im too keen on the Tile interface, but even more annoyingly it seems to have completely replaced the start menu. you can get the start menu back, but only by messing with the Registry. nothing else seems to stand out for now, other than a few over-sized phone-oriented pop-ups with stuff like the time etc on, which i cant get to go away. they ought to be fixed soon though, so they arent really worth worrying about :) but it has just crashed when i tried to disable UAC :S
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