Windows 8 Developer Preview доступна для загрузки

Стала доступна для загрузки pre-beta версия Windows 8

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Доступна в 3-х вариантах:

Windows Developer Preview with developer tools English, 64-bit (x64)

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

Windows Developer Preview English, 64-bit (x64)

Includes a disk image file (.iso) to install the Windows Developer Preview and Metro style apps on a 64-bit PC.

Windows Developer Preview English, 32-bit (x86)

Includes a disk image file (.iso) to install the Windows Developer Preview and Metro style apps on a 32-bit PC.

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

В новом Windows Dev Center помимо самой ОС есть много дополнительного материала.