Windows 8 Dev release

[z3r010]

AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516

You probably want to try out the preview release—and you can. Starting at 8PM today, Seattle time, you can download all of the code that attendees at BUILD received. This includes 32 or 64 bit x86 builds, with or without development tools. The releases also include a suite of sample/SDK applications and the SDK (please note these are merely illustrations of potential apps, not apps that we intend to ship with Windows 8). The ISOs are linked to from http://dev.windows.com. You download with a Windows Live ID (which you might want to use to test out some of the new roaming features).

Windows 8 Developer Preview release

 

[Win7User512]

The dev stuff...can't wait to see the samples and tools...but nothing to test on except WP7 emulator. :\

 

[z3r010]

The dev stuff...can't wait to see the samples and tools...but nothing to test on except WP7 emulator. :\

Test it on the windows 8 they are letting you download :sarc:

 

[Win7User512]

The dev stuff...can't wait to see the samples and tools...but nothing to test on except WP7 emulator. :\

Test it on the windows 8 they are letting you download :sarc:

Ah, I didn't realize they were releasing a version so soon. I thought it was just the SDK, samples, tools, etc.

 

[z3r010]

Nope you get a fully featured no activation version at some point within the next 12 hours.

 

[Win7User512]

So the version WITH dev tools will have them integrated with the build and you do the dev on there? No writing the code on my physical machine?

 

[cluberti]

The Win8 build they're releasing (the dev preview build) includes the Win8 OS, samples, SDKs, and Visual Studio. You do all of your dev and testing on that machine, either physical (if you install it on a real machine) or virtual (if you install it into a VM). Obviously to do touch testing and such you'd need a touch-capable machine, but the rest could probably be done either in a physical or virtual machine.

 

[Airbot]

Nope you get a fully featured no activation version at some point within the next 12 hours.

I do notice at the bottom it says it won't have everything shown this morning in the keynote.

 

[cluberti]

Correct - the build is a preview, not a beta or RC. It will only have what is necessary to start testing and building applications. From what I understand, we won't get a full OS release to test until the first beta, similar to the Win7 test cycles.

 

[z3r010]

Correct - the build is a preview, not a beta or RC. It will only have what is necessary to start testing and building applications. From what I understand, we won't get a full OS release to test until the first beta, similar to the Win7 test cycles.

In the keynote earlier they said it had everything.

 

[cluberti]

It has everything needed to build and test apps, yes. But it won't have certain features that will be added later, like Windows Media Center, for instance. If you need to develop applications or add-ins to interact with the missing components, you'll have to either wait for a beta release or use this to test code against the new APIs for touch, the gyro, etc. It appears there will be a build without the dev tools, so it will at least be full enough to run and test most things.

http://www.slashgear.com/windows-8-developer-preview-available-for-download-tonight-13179393/

 

[Win7User512]

I hope VirtualBox will run it.

 

[Airbot]

That is on the Win 8 blog page at the bottom:

NOTE: The preview build does not include every feature shown this morning. Shown but not in the Developer Preview release include the Windows Store, Windows Live Metro style apps, and some of the user interface features. The focus of the preview is the API and development tools for building Metro style apps.

 

[Tews]

Looks like its time for a new partition!

 

[jimbo45]

The dev stuff...can't wait to see the samples and tools...but nothing to test on except WP7 emulator. :\

Test it on the windows 8 they are letting you download :sarc:

Hi there
can't get your link to work.

I'm currently in Brussels (Belgium) so as far as I know shouldn't be any problems

enc screenshot

cheers
jimbo

 

[Airbot]

What do you mean you can't get it to work?

Looks and works Ok for me. You can't download the bits until they go live and update the site with them later on today/tonight/tomorrow.

The screenshot you put up there is normal at the moment.

 

[z3r010]

They are saying around 3am GMT for the release.

 

[JDobbsy1987]

They are saying around 3am GMT for the release.

Late night for me then LOL

 

[z3r010]

They are saying around 3am GMT for the release.

Late night for me then LOL

You do realise that's 4am BST for you? you would be better off with an early morning.

 

[JDobbsy1987]

They are saying around 3am GMT for the release.

Late night for me then LOL

You do realise that's 4am BST for you? you would be better off with an early morning.

Yeah but i wouldn't be able get up , however a couple of coffee's will see me through the night :roflmao: