Microsoft Windows 8 Download
Windows users are looking for Windows 8 download link in order to try the new Microsoft Operating System after the great success of Microsoft Windows 7.
Microsoft plans leaked about Windows 8 shows that Microsoft is planning 2012 as release date of Windows 8.
There are also some rumors about the final release date of Win8 pointing a possibility of MS Windows 8 release date in 2011.
But since the first public available download of Windows 8 release date is 19th of September, 2011 it is most possible that the RTM version of Windows 8 release date will be somewhere in mid-2012.
Especially developers will like to play around with the first Windows 8 download bits.
Since the first download of Windows 8 is named Windows Developer Preview downloads.
Users can find available Windows 8 downloads at MSDN
Microsoft Windows 8 is has been developed on a user interface concept Copenhag Concept developed by Cullen Dudas.
It is interesting that some of new Windows 8 features and Windows 8 enhancements offered in this next generation operating system has been implemented by Windows 7 development teams.
And some of the Windows 8 features are already included in third-party products which are in the market.
On the other hand, what is new about Microsoft Windows 8 is; it is supposed to be a cloud based operating system.
When Microsoft release Windows 8 for Developer Preview build, the Windows 8 CTP download links are issued as follows:
Windows 8, Windows Developer Preview with developer tools English, 64-bit (x64)
Windows 8, Windows Developer Preview English, 64-bit (x64)
Windows 8, Windows Developer Preview English, 32-bit (x86)
Please note that these Windows 8 Developer Preview version is big in size like;
Windows Developer Preview with developer tools English, 64-bit (x64) has a total size of 4.8 GB.
On the other hand, Windows Developer Preview English, 64-bit (x64) has a 3.6 GB size.
And the smallest downloadable version of Windows 8, Windows Developer Preview English, 32-bit (x86) is in 2.8 GB in size.
One important thing is prerequisites for installing Windows 8 and Windows 8 setup success:
Windows 8 builds can be installed on following systems :
Hyper-V in Windows 8 Developer Preview,
Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2,
VMware Workstation 8.0 for Windows, and
VirtualBox 4.1.2 for Windows.
But it will not be possible to setup Window 8 on following systems unfortunately:
Microsoft Virtual PC (for all VPC versions),
Microsoft Virtual Server (for all VS versions),
Windows 7 XP Mode, and on
VMWare Workstation 7.x or older systems.
In case you try to install Windows 8 on unsupported system, you will get HAL_INITIALIZATION FAILED setup error
Of course during the period that the first bits are released by Microsoft, there were some Windows 8 leaks around for community to download and test.
Perhaps you might have download Windows 8 leaks and tried some. May be the purpose of these leaks are to get an early feedback from the Microsoft followers.
But I believe each of those Windows 8 build will have some bugs and problems preventing it to be a public available download.
If you are looking for first released Microsoft Windows 8 aka Midori screenshots, here is a few screens from new Windows 8 operating system.
So, perhaps just as it was in Windows 7 development period, it may be better waiting to download Windows 8 and for installing Windows 8 until Windows 8 Beta version is build and distributed from Microsoft Download Center.
Here in this Windows 8 downloads page, you will be able to find Windows 8 Beta download link as well as soon as it is available.
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