Windows 8 64-bit Preview ISO - Freeware

[Bill in SD, CA]

Stumbled on this:

Windows 8 64-bit Preview ISO download from Guru3D.com

Bill

Edit:

Sorry, didn't see post way down ...... please forgive and ignore if the same.

[ShyguyXPC]

Cool, downloading now. Will probably try it over the next week or two, once all my parts for my upgrades get here.

Thanks for the heads up and great find!!!

[RobRich]

I have had Windows 8 virtualized for awhile now, and I have yet to find an actual use for it.

As I posted awhile back in the community forum:

I have Windows 8 virtualized under VirtualBox. I have not really had much use for it, as it feels like little more than Windows 7 with the start menu replaced by Metro UI, which is more annoying than useful IMO for systems without a touchscreen display.

I have found nothing else in Windows 8 immediately notable versus Windows 7. Windows 8 will probably boot faster, assuming that is something about which you care.

Metro UI aside, Windows 8 seems much more like a service pack update than a new operating system. Microsoft could have probably offered Metro UI as a paid upgrade option for Windows 7, or perhaps as a standalone release like "Windows 7 Touchscreen Edition", though that does jive with the company's current expectation of shipping a "new version" of Windows every two to three years.