This morning, when i open my mailbox at hotmail.com, i found a mail from Microsoft Connect, titled "Welcome to the Microsoft® Office Technical Preview!" . The whole mail reads:
Welcome! We are pleased to invite you into the Technical Preview program to be among the first people in the world to experience Microsoft® Office 2010.
The following link will bring you to Microsoft Connect, where you will find downloads available for early, pre-release versions of Microsoft Office 2010 products. You will also find product information and have the chance to participate in newsgroups to engage with our product teams and other program participants. Please note that there is no technical support offered for this program.
To get started, please click on the link below. This is a one-time-use only url associated with this e-mail address, so it cannot be shared with others to join the program. This will bring you to the Connect site where you will need to sign in with your Windows Live ID account. If you do not have a Windows Live ID, you can create one from the Connect site.
Your ticket to the Technical Preview:
Thank you for your participation!
The Microsoft Office team
I download the official version of Office 2010 Technical Preview, Which requires product key during installation. The funny thing is that this version was compiled on July 1st, Build 14.0.4006.1110, lower than the former leaked version, Build 14.0.4302.1000. And since it is a Professional edition, the components are not so many as the leaked version. So if you want to have a taste, better try this one.
Office 2010 Build 14.0.4302.1000 - Beta 1 Download
Fortunately, there is something helpful, the system requirements and upgrade path:
Hardware and Software Requirements
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Component |
Requirement |
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Computer and processor |
500 MHz processor or higher |
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Memory |
256 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher |
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Hard disk |
2 gigabytes (GB). A part of this disk space is free after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard disk. |
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Drive |
CD-ROM drive or DVD drive |
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Display |
1024 x 768 or higher-resolution monitor |
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Operating system |
Windows® XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3) (32-bit), Windows Vista® with SP1 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows® Server 2003 R2 with SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows® Server 2008 with SP1 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows® 7 (32-bit or 64-bit). Terminal Server and Windows on Windows (WOW) (which allows installing 32-bit versions of Office 2010 on 64-bit operating systems) are supported.
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Additional |
Requirements and product functionality can vary based on the system configuration and operating system. |
Upgrades
The Office client upgrade scenarios are as follows:
- A 32-bit 2007 Office system installation can be upgraded to 32-bit Office 2010.
- A 2007 Office system running on a 64-bit Windows operating system cannot be upgraded to 64-bit Office 2010.
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