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Welcome to Windows 8 – The Developer Preview

72 points| lvillani | 14 years ago |blogs.msdn.com

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[+] i386|14 years ago|reply
I must commend Microsoft for removing all barriers of entry to the Windows 8 Developer Preview - no signup, no msdn subscription required and best of all, no download manager activex control.
[+] dangrossman|14 years ago|reply
I wonder if it'll run in a VM. I'd like to try Windows 8 on my laptop without messing with partitions/dual booting.
[+] sp332|14 years ago|reply
I actually like the official answer: "We've seen it work, it should work, but it's not supported." Much better than "we can't comment, we don't support that."

edit: They seem to be collecting "pro tips" from users, so you are welcome to try any scenario and tell them about it, so they can tell other users.

[+] memoryfault|14 years ago|reply
Got it up and running on a hyper-v VM in about 30minutes. Running great, but I can't figure out what the 'back' button equivalent is on the keyboard so that I can exit the App I'm in :)

edit: Turns out it's the windows key! I couldn't use it from the hyper-vm client, but once I remoted in via Remote Desktop it worked great. Loving the apps so far.

[+] dbarlett|14 years ago|reply
No problems running the 64-bit version in VirtualBox 4 on 64-bit Ubuntu Natty. Couldn't boot past splash screen in VMware Player.
[+] xtacy|14 years ago|reply
It looks _anyone_ can download the developer preview; I am looking forward to trying it!
[+] pearle|14 years ago|reply
As am I. I have an old extra C2D machine here currently running Ubuntu that I plan to reformat to Windows 8 (My laptop is my primary Linux machine these days). I'm looking forward to playing with the new dev tools.
[+] Raphael|14 years ago|reply
Installed 32-bit version in VirtualBox. None of the Metro apps will start (could be related to lack of network access).
[+] jadedoto|14 years ago|reply
I've got the 32bit version and trying to get it to run in VB. It's installing right now...