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Windows Developer Preview with developer tools English, 64-bit
(x64)
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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)
DOWNLOAD (3.6 GB)
Sha 1 hash – 79DBF235FD49F5C1C8F8C04E24BDE6E1D04DA1E9
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)
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Sha 1 hash – 4E0698BBABE01ED27582C9FC16AD21C4422913CC
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 - To run Metro style Apps, you need a screen resolution of 1024
X 768 or greater
Notes about installing the Windows Developer Preview
- You can’t uninstall the Windows Developer Preview. To
reinstall your previous operating system, you must have restore
or installation media.
