Windows 8 Consumer Preview

[Zyzzyva]

Download links will be available here http://dev.windows.com

and here http://windows.microsoft.com/windows-8/consumer-preview

 

[Smiley_lauf]

and here http://windows.microsoft.com/windows-8/consumer-preview

page cannot be found...error.
Either they are updating the site or clogged up already??

 

[Arthur]

Sinofsky is on stage at MWC2012. Follow here (no live video).

 

[Zyzzyva]

page cannot be found...error.
Either they are updating the site or clogged up already??

It'll work in a few minutes.

 

[Arthur]

... over 100 000 changes since Dev Preview ...

 

[shakes1]

First Download links i could find. Hope they are the real thing.

Windows 8 Consumer Preview English, 32-bit (x86) 1.75 GB

http://ak.or.esd.microsoft.com/pr/W...s8-ConsumerPreview-32bit-English-x1794225.esd

Windows 8 Consumer Preview English, 64-bit (x64) 2.13 GB

http://ak.or.esd.microsoft.com/pr/W...s8-ConsumerPreview-64bit-English-x1794226.esd

And down it comes, thank you!

 

[Zyzzyva]

And down it comes, thank you!

Well i have no idea what the extension is, so ive hit pause on mine. Perhaps someone else can confirm.

They do seem a bit small.

 

[Arthur]

... based on previous experience I'm only downloading from an official Microsoft site/link. Otherwise you never know how the code is doctored.

 

[Zyzzyva]

Rather use this.

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

The links are live.

 

[Smiley_lauf]

Here you go. Enjoy!

64-bit (x64) Download (3.3 GB) Sha 1 hash — 1288519C5035BCAC83CBFA23A33038CCF5522749

32-bit (x86) Download (2.5 GB) Sha 1 hash — E91ED665B01A46F4344C36D9D88C8BF78E9A1B39

Product Key: DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J

 

[Zyzzyva]

Coming at a healthy 420K/s.

 

[Arthur]

Or here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/consumer-preview

 

[Zyzzyva]

... based on previous experience I'm only downloading from an official Microsoft site/link. Otherwise you never know how the code is doctored.

It was from microsoft, just not the iso versions.

 

[Nerfherder]

I have some 8ta gigs to burn before the end of the month... this will have to do

 

[Arthur]

It was from microsoft, just not the iso versions.

Tks, Zyzzyva. I realised that after posting. You're a star. Nice detective work.

Now watching the presentation & demo at MWC2012.

 

[Zyzzyva]

The corner stuff seems interesting, i have had some concerns about using metro with a mouse.

 

[Arthur]

"Desktop is just another full screen Metro app. Everything you know and love about Desktop is still there."

 

[wily me]

OMWorld, 15-17 hours? Will look for a torrent.

 

[Zyzzyva]

"During the Consumer Preview period all of the apps in the store will be free, and as we go through the period we'll keep adding apps to the store."

 

[Arthur]

"Names flying by! Elements, PuzzleTouch, Air Soccer, Pew Pew, FlipStats, SigFig, Cookbook, will all be shipped with Windows 8"