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Welcome to Windows 8 – The Developer Preview

72 points by lvillani 15y ago

dangrossman 15y ago
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.
- johkra 15y ago
  According to a twitter answer, yes. At least with Virtual PC. (See reply to question by MrComputerRevo on http://twitter.com/#!/windevs http://twitter.com/#!/windevs ) Edit: Direct link: http://twitter.com/#!/windevs/status/113690827217313792 http://twitter.com/#!/windevs/status/113690827217313792 (Thank you, Simon.) BTW: How do you link to a twitter conversation?
  - simonsarris 15y ago
    You click on the timestamp (e.g. "6 minutes ago")
  - malbs 15y ago
    the dev tools seem to be available for x64 only, and I'm pretty sure Virtual PC will only host a 32bit o/s? in the other thread someone mentioned vmware panics when booting win8, but parallels works ok. I'm going to give virtualbox a shot
- sp332 15y ago
  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.
- dbarlett 15y ago
  No problems running the 64-bit version in VirtualBox 4 on 64-bit Ubuntu Natty. Couldn't boot past splash screen in VMware Player.
  - sien 15y ago
    No probs running from VirtualBox 4 on Win 7 either.
- memoryfault 15y ago
  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.
xtacy 15y ago
It looks _anyone_ can download the developer preview; I am looking forward to trying it!
- pearle 15y ago
  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.
jadedoto 15y ago
I've got the 32bit version and trying to get it to run in VB. It's installing right now...
i386 15y ago
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.
Raphael 15y ago
Installed 32-bit version in VirtualBox. None of the Metro apps will start (could be related to lack of network access).

72 points by lvillani 15y ago

dangrossman 15y ago

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.

johkra 15y ago
According to a twitter answer, yes. At least with Virtual PC. (See reply to question by MrComputerRevo on http://twitter.com/#!/windevs http://twitter.com/#!/windevs ) Edit: Direct link: http://twitter.com/#!/windevs/status/113690827217313792 http://twitter.com/#!/windevs/status/113690827217313792 (Thank you, Simon.) BTW: How do you link to a twitter conversation?
- simonsarris 15y ago
  You click on the timestamp (e.g. "6 minutes ago")
- malbs 15y ago
  the dev tools seem to be available for x64 only, and I'm pretty sure Virtual PC will only host a 32bit o/s? in the other thread someone mentioned vmware panics when booting win8, but parallels works ok. I'm going to give virtualbox a shot
sp332 15y ago
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.
dbarlett 15y ago
No problems running the 64-bit version in VirtualBox 4 on 64-bit Ubuntu Natty. Couldn't boot past splash screen in VMware Player.
- sien 15y ago
  No probs running from VirtualBox 4 on Win 7 either.
memoryfault 15y ago
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.

xtacy 15y ago

It looks _anyone_ can download the developer preview; I am looking forward to trying it!

pearle 15y ago
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.

jadedoto 15y ago

I've got the 32bit version and trying to get it to run in VB. It's installing right now...

i386 15y ago

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.

Raphael 15y ago

Installed 32-bit version in VirtualBox. None of the Metro apps will start (could be related to lack of network access).