Download Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Windows 8 team have just released a Windows 8 Consumer Preview download for users to test out Windows 8. Windows 8 brings you a whole new windows experience with Windows Metro Interface which will run on touch powered tablets to laptops and desktop computers. And remember as this is not a final release, you might want to think if you really want to install this on your PC or laptop.

Window 8 Consumer Preview Download

You will get a Windows 8 Consumer Preview setup file from the official site which will check if requirements of your current PC or laptop is good enough to run Windows 8. You will need Windows 7 running to run the file. It won’t run on a older version of Windows like Windows XP.

 

Here are the requirements you need to run Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

  • 1 GHz or faster processor
  • 1 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
  • 1024 x 768 minimum screen resolution

 

You can view more information about this from  the Windows 8 Team blog:

http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/archive/2012/02/29/introducing-windows-8-consumer-preview.aspx

The Windows 8 Consumer Preview download is located here:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download

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