Windows 8 Developer Preview Build is up for Public Download!

[RainMotorsports]

A public Build for windows 8 has been made available.

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

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.

System Requirements

Windows Developer Preview works great on the same hardware that powers Windows Vista and Windows 7:

• 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

I guess the 32 bit builds existence means they lied about 32 bit support being dropped.

 

[Bob369963]

Can't get rid of 32 bit yet. Corporate world has a ton of 32 bit still.

 

[OfftheRails]

Installed, used for a couple of hours. Interesting. But mucking fental. A start screen for God's sake? It's like having a smartphone with a 24" screen. It'll be awesome when it's done but it's a hell of a switch to make - no start menu, fullscreen apps, and very very square windows. Nice, but not what you might expect.