Laptop suitable for Windows 8 Development

Question

I want to do some Windows 8 development work, but first need to setup my development environment.

Step 1: buy a new laptop. Which one should I buy?  Any advice appreciated. Please let me know your experiences of particular makes and models.

What I want is something that has all the necessary drivers and will cause me the minimum of hassle in terms of setup and running.

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will stott

Answer 1

will stott,

 

You can find the System requirements and the ISO’s for the Windows Developer Preview here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516

Anything meeting those requirements should work with the Windows Developer Preview.

Thanks,

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Chris

Answer 2

In general if you have any laptop in testing enviroment that meets the requirement you could use it to do development , you don't need to buy one. But one thing you should consider, that if you want to use touchscreen feature, the laptop should support it .

Answer 3

Hello will stott,

If you look at the information in the link below, it shows some of the hardware that Windows Developer Preview used in the lab.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/13/experiencing-windows-8-touch-on-windows-7-hardware.aspx

 

Hope this helps.

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Marilyn

Answer 4

Thanks Marilyn. That's just what I wanted. However, I would encourage anyone with experiences, good and bad, with particular makes/models of PCs running Windows 8 to add them to the bottom of this post.

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will stott