18.Sep.2011 |
by Gusac |
Filed in: Articles, Tutorials
Recently Microsoft released pre-beta version of Windows 8 for developers. Following are the
The pre-beta version was installed on a virtual machine which was used for Windows 7. Below are the minimum system requirements for installing Windows 8
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
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