System requirements
Basically, if your PC can run Windows 8.1,
you’re good to go. If you're not sure, don't worry—Windows will check your
system to make sure it can install the preview.
·
Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or
faster
·
RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or
2 GB (64-bit)
·
Free hard disk space: 16 GB
·
Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX
9 graphics device with WDDM driver
·
A Microsoft account and Internet
access
Important
notes
·
Some PC processors and hardware
configurations aren’t supported by Insider Preview, including a small number of
older, 64-bit CPUs, and some 32 GB and all 16 GB devices running a compressed
operating system.
·
To access the Windows Store
and to download and run apps, you need an Internet connection, a screen
resolution of at least 1024 x 768, and a Microsoft account.
·
The Windows Store in
Insider Preview will have many (but not all) Windows 8.1 apps
available. (Apps forWindows 10 Insider Preview will not be available for PCs running Windows 8.1 or Windows 8.) Keep in mind that if you install the
preview but then decide to go back to Windows 8.1 or Windows 8,
you might have to reinstall your apps from Windows Store.
·
Cortana is currently only
available in English (United States), English (United Kingdom), Chinese
(Simplified), German (Germany), French (France), Italian, and Spanish (Spain).
To be able to use Cortana, the country or region for your system must be set to
one of the available languages, and you also need to have installed that
language's version of Insider Preview.
·
After you install the preview,
you won't be able to play DVDs using Windows Media Player.
·
If you're running Windows 8.1 but haven't installed Windows 8.1 Update yet, you won't be able to
install Insider Preview. Try running Windows Update to get Windows 8.1 Update before you install Insider
Preview, or you can download an ISO fileinstead.
·
If you have Windows 8 Pro with Media Center and you install the
preview, Windows Media Center will be removed.
·
The preview won’t work on Windows RT 8.1 editions.
·
There is no N edition of Insider
Preview, so if you upgrade to Insider Preview from an N edition of Windows, you
will no longer be running an N edition.
·
If you're running Windows 7
without SP1, you can only upgrade to the preview by downloading an ISO file. If
you install Windows 7 SP1,
you can upgrade to the preview by using Windows Update or by downloading an ISO
file.
Languages
Insider Preview is available in
the following languages: English (United States), English (United Kingdom),
Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Portuguese (Brazilian), Japanese,
Russian, German, French, French (Canada), Korean, Italian, Spanish, Spanish
(Latin America), Swedish, Finnish, Turkish, Arabic, Dutch, Czech, Polish, and
Thai.
About your privacy
Microsoft will collect data about your installation
and use ofWindows 10 Insider Preview to help us improve our products and
services. See ourprivacy statement to learn more.
This is prerelease software
Windows 10 Insider Preview may be substantially modified before it’s
commercially released. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, with
respect to the information provided here. Some product features and
functionality may require additional hardware or software.
Automatic updates
Windows Update will be set to automatically install
important updates as they become available. You won’t be able to turn off
automatic updates inWindows 10 Insider Preview.
Get the facts about Insider Preview
Be sure to check out system requirements and other
important information before you install.
IT professionals
 |
windows 10 (desktop view) |
Become a Windows Insider
Register for the Windows Insider Program and help shape the future of
Windows—you'll get a steady stream of builds with all the latest features and
the opportunity to tell us what you think about them.
Build great apps
Get the preview build of the developer tools and
start building out yourWindows 10 dev environment.
Build great hardware
 |
windows(apps ) |