Download Windows 8: Pre-Beta Version free download

Windows 8 in pre-beta free for free download.
A version pre-beta with the first signs for those who will develop for the new operating system was released by Microsoft.

The company of " Uncle Bill " has decided to make available to all interested parties (many) preview version of the operating system of the future Windows 8 . 8 Windows Developer Preview can be downloaded from Microsoft servers at no cost

and we can test it freely on any PC to meet the minimum requirements

Minimum Requirements Windows 8:

A x86 or x64 CPU 1GHz or higher, 1 GB of RAM, 16 GB of free space on hard disk, video card compatible with DirectX 9 and WDDM driver with the use of 1.0 or higher.

The downloadable version is considered a "pre-beta "and contains no type of limitation, this version allows you to try the new features multitouch we keep hearing about the web that could revolutionize the world of Tablet as we know it today.

The downloads available are all three in ISO format, the Windows version with Developer Preview developer tools, 64-bits contains the operating system along with a whole set of development tools.

The "developer preview" of Windows 8 is available in English Warning

The installation of the Windows version 8 once started can not be undone.

Link free download Windows 8

Windows Server 2008 compose room for Build 2011

Build 2011 to Windows there is only 8 "Desktop" but also the Server version, just as expected by experts. Microsoft has worked mainly on the cloud even though it was stated that Windows Server 8 will not be a revolution but rather ' evolution of Windows Server 2008, both in the private cloud that scale operations for small and medium-sized enterprises (which is not bad).

Among the news is definitely advised of the possibility to manage all versions of Windows Server 8 in three modes of user interface: the classic GUI-less UI with command line (seen in Server Core) and a new mode that provides for the elimination Shell and graphics while still allowing the browser to use the Management Console.

As you can see in the screenshot below, Windows Server 8 also has a look that looks a little Metro:

On the storage side has been optimized management of virtual disks and the control of the records in the past (and still is) translates into hours of waiting, and when there is a corruption of the file is repaired offline without running CHKDSK on throughout the unit. For comparison, a scan of 100 million files on Windows Server 8 can take 8 seconds compared to 100 minutes of Windows Server 2008 R2.

Among other innovations are also noted an enhanced graphical management of the global network of servers available and faster to add new servers to the system to monitor them. Obviously there are many other aspects that will be tested and that in the next regions will come to light, we speak of security, virtualization, etc..