17 responses to “Windows 8 RTM System Requirements”

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   Daniel

   2012-03-17

   The one thing they left out is a screen must be atleast 1024 x 768. my 1024×600 touch pad screen works but the metro apps will not launch due to the size. it says I need to increase my screen res. I would if I could. My screen is multi touch 10.1 inch

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2. 

   Dennyissupercool

   2012-03-03

   select a different video codec

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3. 

   4dapd

   2012-03-02

   installed Win 8 on Oracle VBOX, trying it on VMWARE.  

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4. 

   farha

   2011-12-17

   hey i just tried to install windows 8 developers preview. It started well but after copying files it restarted and prompted to choose the default os as i already had win 7 on other partition.After i selected win7 as default os it restarted and i chose to boot win dev preview to complete the installation process but after booting properly it showed a message “your hardware not supported. well i have a PC with core2duo , 3gb ram, nvidia graphics 1gb and zotac g31 motherboard . what could be the problem? if any one can figure it out i ll be thankful

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   1. 

      Ramesh

      2011-12-17

      Did you complete Windows 8 installation? And what happened after message?

5. 

   Developer

   2011-12-11

   Wait for the full version to be release in year 2012..

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6. 

   Developer

   2011-12-11

   it is because win 8 is just a PREVIEW! and not yet FULLY RELEASED IN FULL VERSION!

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7. 

   flakefrost

   2011-12-10

   i hope microsoft don’t limit windows 8 installations based on hardware configurations… if people install a copy on slow hardware, then so be it :)

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8. 

   Champ

   2011-12-10

   Same here…
   In my Lenovo R61 laptop I installed windows 8
   But the VLC and KMP player are playing videos in a very slow manner.

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9. 

   AHS0

   2011-12-09

   Hi Ramesh, I just come across to your blog post. I just installed Win8DP on my TOSHIBA Tecra A8-S8513 NoteBook, in which I have installed Win7 before, over its XP Pro.

   I then installed VLC Player, but playing videos on both VLC and Windows Media Player is really slow. What’s your idea about it?
   Windows 7 was just fast in my laptop, and I really didn’t expect it makes playing videos slow. Everything else seems fine, and I just notice a little bit of slowness when using certain functions in Windows Explore, for instance in ribbon, enabling to show/hide hidden files.

   FYI: Didn’t install heavy apps in my laptop, just Firefox 8.1, latest CCleaner, latest stable Flashplayer for Firefox, VLC Player, latest IDM.

   Thanks for sharing your wisdom.

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10. 

    Jesse

    2011-10-22

    Does anyone know if it will be possible to run Win 8 on a machine that does not have DX8?

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    1. 

       surace

       2012-08-05

       yes its possible!!!!! .