Download this Windows 8 test version lets you test the next version of Windows in a pre-beta status and is in a 32 - and 64-bit version, the free download takes you to an ISO file that you for example with thefree CDBurnerXP can burn to a DVD. Depending on the version of Windows 8 Preview is about 4 GB in size and needed during or after installing a license key, but an activation, you can run over the Internet.Updates can be done directly from the preview version, is available from Microsoft.


Is optimal to install the trial version in a virtual environment on a separate hard disk partition, such as with VirtualBox. A tutorial and free download of the virtualization engine, see the following links:


Windows 8 runs smoothly so you need at least one GHz CPU, 1 GB RAM or better 2 and 16-20 GB of free hard disk space thus, the demands on your PC is not very high and if you are already using Windows Vista or Windows 7, you can also easily use Windows 8th .

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Windows 8 will be the first Windows operating system not only for the x86 but also for the ARM platform, ARM chips are widely used in tablets. Above all, the surface must therefore be designed for touch-enabled Tablet PCs and rwagiert be reinvented in the future and depending on the terminal no longer limited to keyboard and mouse input, but also to finger and stylus commands.


Also successfully introduced in smartphones and tablets such as the wiping gesture control will hold their first appearance in Windows 8. Microsoft calls the new Metro UI interface. Their App tiles not only look chic, but are also easy to use with your finger.On desktops and laptops without a touch screen can be found naturally in the surface switch with familiar Taskbar Start Menu.