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// Lazze

Win 8 in the virtual flesh

Want to take Windows 8 for a test spin? Don't want to wipe your main computer doing it? Running it virtual is for you :-)

First things first, here is the URL for downloading Win 8 Developer Preview:

I tried to install Win 8 x64/x86 on VM Workstation 7 and the Virtual PC under Win 7 x64 - alas, no luck! VM Ware reported "unhandled core error" and Virtual PC reported "HAL init error". As a last resort, I tried to install it under Parallels 7 on my MBP(OSX Lion) - and behold, it worked!

Fueled by success, I updated my VM Workstation to version 8 - now it works like a charm! I haven't tried VM Player yet. But if you run into problems, I guess that you can use the trial for Workstation 8 to create the virtual Win 8 machine. Then load it up in the player.

Last, don't forget to install the VM Ware tools!

Some good links:

VM Ware player

Securable(util for checking that you have VT-d and other good stuff)

MS HAV detection tool

Good luck!

// Lazze




I just got confirmation that Win 8 Dev Pre will also run on virtual box.