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Free Windows 8 Free Developers Preview

Discussion in 'Technology' started by CinVin, Sep 13, 2011.

  1. CinVin Active Member

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    Everybody is now able to download a free copy of the Windows 8 Developers Preview! Windows 8 is Microsoft's answer to the emerging popularity of tablets and is aimed at bridging the gap between your desktop PC and portable tablet. Thanks to a unique dual GUI environment, one aimed at touch-screen devices and the more traditional one aimed at keyboard & mouse users, Windows 8 is aimed to be lightweight enough to work on a wide number of devices.

    There is no MSDN subscription requirement or other obstacles to hold anybody from having a chance to to play with the new Windows. :cool:

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

    There are, of course, a few limitations though. ;) Chiefly amongst them is that this release will stop working after one year. This is not a free copy of Windows 8 meant to be used on your daily machine but rather is a preview of Windows 8 for developers and others who need to be familiar with the new operating system before it is released to the general public.

    Engadget.com has compiled a list of the bigger differences between Windows 7 and Windows 8.

    CinVin, Sep 13, 2011
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  2. Kevin Code Monkey

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    I've downloaded the ISO files but haven't had a chance to do anything with them yet. :( Heck, at work we are just rolling out Win7, slowly, let alone even thinking of Win8.
    Kevin, Sep 15, 2011
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  3. gemma Moderator

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    3.6GB is a big download, I'll get the OH to download this over the weekend and fire it onto a machine :)

    We've run Windows 7 Ultimate since the day it was released and I don't think I've ever had any issues with it - I must admit I've been very happy with Windows 7 after the major failure that was Windows Vista :eek:
    gemma, Sep 15, 2011
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  4. Kevin Code Monkey

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    If you're on a slow connection, warn him that it might take longer than usual to download. Downloading it Friday over our corporate WAN took a few hours because of the volume of people all trying to grab it at the same time. It is unusual for Microsoft to have a wide-open beta preview like this so their servers are getting hammered with downloads.

    At home we went straight from WinXP to Win7 skipping Vista. I had played with Vista but really wasn't happy enough with it to upgrade to it. Last year though it was time for new machines so the laptops we picked up at Win7 Home Premium pre-installed and so far I have not had a single bad thing to say about it yet.
    Kevin, Sep 15, 2011
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  5. gemma Moderator

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    Downloaded it now, it took about 2 hours. Burnt the image to a DVD. Something to play around with tomorrow :)
    gemma, Sep 18, 2011
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  6. neo127 New Member

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    How do you guys generally prefer to test Windows, I mean on a whole system or via VMware?? Sometimes it becomes quite difficult for me to take a decision about it because I think that originality can't get tested upon virtuals but still for the test, I need a complete device which should be prepared to be crashed. So I just want some suggestions about that.
    neo127, Sep 30, 2011
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  7. Kevin Code Monkey

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    I am running out of spare real machines so these days I usually just do virtual machines.
    Kevin, Oct 3, 2011
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