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Windows 8 Hands-On Demo Video

Written on 29 Feb 2012 by Vincent Abry

Windows 8 Consumer Preview is available for download since this morning and we have first hands-on video on Microsoft new OS.

Windows 8 Blog

Official Microsoft Video, by Jensen Harris, Director of Program Management for User Experience on the Windows Team :

All details on Windows Team blog.

Hardware you need to run Windows8 on your computer :

-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

Other Videos :

Preview of Consumer Preview :

Apps Communication Hands-on :

Setup and Start :

XBox Integration:

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