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FREE Windows 10 IoT Core Insider Preview Download (with Support for Raspberry Pi 2)

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FREE Windows 10 IoT Core Insider Preview Download (with Support for Raspberry Pi 2)
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easternculture on 12/06/2015 - 17:31 ms-iot.github.io (597 clicks)
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We’re really excited to let you know that now you can download Windows 10 IoT Core Insider Preview, with support for Raspberry Pi 2.

Windows 10 IoT Core is a new Windows 10 edition for low-cost, small-footprint devices that is available free for Makers.

We’re also excited to announce our partnership with Arduino, making Windows 10 the world’s first Arduino-certified operating system. Learn more about Windows Remote Arduino and Windows Virtual Shields for Arduino and get started here.

What you need for Raspberry PI 2 Setup:

  • Windows 10 Insider Preview - must be a physical Windows machine (not a VM).
  • Raspberry Pi 2.
  • 5V micro USB power supply - with at least 1.0A current.
  • 8GB micro SD card - class 10 or better. (We suggest this one or this one)
  • HDMI cable (if display is desired).
  • Ethernet cable.
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  • Diji1 on 12/06/2015 - 17:42
    +5

    HDMI cable (if display is desired). <- seriously do they think we're nubcakes? sif I need a display

  • Regie69 on 12/06/2015 - 18:01
    +9

    Forum?

  • Gareth on 12/06/2015 - 18:15
    +2

    Any bargain?

    This is product which has been available for a few weeks in preview form, that has been announced a while ago will be free upon release.

    I get that some people might find out about it here, but it appears to be the thin edge of listing every Linux/BSD release as a new 'Deal'.

  • asa79 on 12/06/2015 - 18:21

    Retail will be out soon tho as free upgrade anyway

  • triviums on 12/06/2015 - 18:22
    +3

    Why is this a deal?

    Windows 10 IoT has as far as I know always been planned to be free, you just need the right hardware to use it.

    Note:
    you do not need the raspberry pi 2 to use windows 10 IoT, it is compatible with a few others such as intel galileo gen 2

  • Phoebus on 12/06/2015 - 20:11

    This is good news.
    But can it play most media without app purchase?
    OpenElec works well but is basic.

  • bargaino on 12/06/2015 - 20:37

    This is just a development platform right?
    I don't think it is a proper OS like Ubuntu on the Pi. No desktop or even a shell included.

    • triviums on 12/06/2015 - 20:51

      Windows 10 IoT allows you to turn the raspberry pi into a device that allows you to turn lights on wirelessly or record the amount of cars passing a certain road intersection, but it doesn't allow you to watch videos or anything else a normal OS allows you to do. Basically Windows 10 IoT allows you to turn your home into a smart-home

    • mathew42 on 13/06/2015 - 00:02

      Correct Windows 10 IoT is an extremely limited OS that is in no way comparable to linux on the Pi.

  • Jackson on 12/06/2015 - 23:24

    I get these emails because I signed up to be a device a year or 2 ago so I could get a free board (there was another deal posted back then). Did anyone actually get a board from them?

    I can't remember if it was Intel or MS giving the boards away?

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