Windows 8 includes a large number of new features that include all the new Metro style immersive UI, Internet Explorer 10 (IE10), Task Manager, Quick boot, password face, Cloud integration etc. They are also available Windows Developer Preview 8 copies for all participants out there along with Samsung Tablet so that the community of developers can play with it and provide feedback before it hit stores RTM. And for all of us the same file will be uploaded to the server and will soon be available publicly.
Features:
The main feature shown is the user interface was extensively
redesigned, optimized for touch screen and mouse and keyboard. A new "Start screen", similar to that of Windows Phone 7, including tile life applications. It
replaces the Start menu, which is triggered by the Start button or the
Windows key, and also the first screen displayed on startup. Users can go to a regular desktop by selecting the "Desktop" tile-based or traditional desktop applications. Start screen also displays user names and avatars. Windows
8 has a new developer platform by Microsoft Vice President Christopher
Ham, who called it "our new developer platform, which is ... based on
the new HTML5 and JavaScript applications running in full screen. But
two of them can be displayed side-by Example -side
using the "Snap". demoed a new application including Twitter client,
weather applications, the stock-tracking application, RSS news feed, and
the virtual piano.
The new interface is primarily designed for the 16:09 screen resolution, with 1366 × 768 and larger screen can display two Windows 8 applications. 1024 × 768 screen can display a Windows 8 applications in full screen, and 1024 × 600 screen can only use the traditional Windows desktop. Mike Angiulo confirmed at Computex 2011 that Windows 8 will use the OEM Activation 3.0 is not OEM Activation 2.1 (which is used by Windows 7), which should make it less susceptible to cracking. Windows 8 features a new lock screen that shows the date and time and notice, along with background disesuaikan.Windows 8 will also include Hyper-V Microsoft virtualization tools. Previously only offered in Windows Server, Hyper-V will now be available in the client version of Windows for the first time. System requirements for Hyper-V is a 64-bit, 64-bit versions of Windows 8, and at least 4 GB of RAM. Hyper-V also requires 64-bit systems that have the Second Level Address Translation (Slat), a feature that helps with memory management. Many of the latest Intel and AMD processors support this feature, including many of the i-Series Intel processors (with the Extended Page Tables) and the AMD family 10h. On 8 September 2011, Microsoft announced that Windows 8 has a short boot time, because it saves a kernel memory to the hard disk on shutdown (similar to the existing Hibernate option) and reload the startup.Cofiguration Details: All the same configuration with Windows 7 (32 & 64 Bit) Download Instructions: Click the download link to begin downloading directly from the MS server itself. Direct download with resumable option.
System Requirements-Windows Developer Preview works great on the same hardware that powers Windows Vista and Windows 71 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) 1 gigabyte (GB) of 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 more drivers tinggiMengambil takes advantage of the touch input display that supports multi-touchUntuk Applications run Metro-style, you need a screen resolution of 1024 X 768 or more.