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The thread discusses the availability of Windows 8 developer preview builds, with the first post announcing that Microsoft would make the developer bits downloadable starting at 8 PM AST during the BUILD conference, including sample apps and the Metro UI. The second post confirms that the downloads were available earlier than scheduled, around 7:50 PM Chicago time, with guidance on selecting the correct 32 or 64-bit versions. Overall, the sentiment is informational, with users sharing updates about the release availability.
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Mitchell_A

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Today at Microsoft BUILD, Microsoft confirmed that the developer bits of Windows 8 will be available for download starting at 8 PM AST (this translates into 12 am Atlantic, 11 PM eastern time and 4 am british).


It includes demonstration/developmental apps and a fully featured metro UI.

Taken from todays announcement:
Starting at 8PM today, Seattle time, you can download all of the code that attendees at BUILD received. This includes 32 or 64 bit x86 builds, with or without development tools. The releases also include a suite of sample/SDK applications and the SDK (please note these are merely illustrations of potential apps, not apps that we intend to ship with Windows 8). The ISOs are linked to from http://dev.windows.com. You download with a Windows Live ID (which you might want to use to test out some of the new roaming features). Upgrade from Windows 7 installation is not supported for pre-release code; only clean installs are supported. Reminder: this is a developer preview release and is not meant for production. It is not a beta release.
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It's available now 7:50 p.m. Chicago time from here
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both 32 and 64bit choose properly
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Randy
 

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