Windows 8 Build 8045 ❲99% LIMITED❳

In the long, winding road from Windows 7 to Windows 8, there is no single build more misunderstood, more controversial, or more tantalizing than . Leaked years after the official release of Windows 8, this pre-beta version from early 2011 offers a chilling "what if?"—a glimpse of a version of Windows so radical that even Microsoft itself got scared.

By: OS History Desk

If you think the final Windows 8 was jarring, Build 8045 was a trip to an alternate dimension. By mid-2011, Windows 7 was a darling. It was stable, fast, and beloved. But inside Microsoft’s Redmond campus, the "Windows 8" team—led by the bold Steven Sinofsky—was convinced the future was touch. The iPad had just exploded, and the PC was under threat. windows 8 build 8045