请参阅此页面了解系统要求：

See this page for System Requirements:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details .aspx？id = 35471

因此，您可以在Hyper-V等虚拟环境中安装Windows 8，只要它支持Hyper-V本身（对于模拟器）。  如果您不关心使用模拟器而不是任何虚拟环境，那么您就可以开发代码。 您需要
来连接物理设备或上传为Beta应用程序来测试您所写的内容。

So you could install Windows 8 in a virtual environment like Hyper-V as long as that supports Hyper-V itself (for the emulator).  If you don't care to use the emulator than any virtual environment would let you develop your code.  You would need to connect a physical device or upload as a Beta App to test what you have written however.