Mitchell_A
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Hello everyone,
Today, here at Windows7Forums.com we are excited to announce the next public testing version of Windows 8! You may remember the Windows 8 Developer Preview went live in September 2011. Since then, Microsoft has remained hard at work on the next version of their Windows operating system. Today, February 29th 2012 the Consumer Preview is going live! You should expect to see hundreds of changes from the developers preview and hopefully a large plethora of new features as well.
The Windows Store should be active in this release, with Microsoft offering several metro inspired apps for free to improve your Windows 8 experience. We are also expecting close SkyDrive integration with the ability for users to sync almost all their data, settings and more across any PC they use Windows 8 on. There’s also speculation Microsoft will be retiring the 17 year old Start button in the Windows 8. Additionally, there is a new logo for Windows 8, which appears to be a metro inspired version of the flag we’ve come to know and love:
The system requirements are similar to Windows 7:
As always, this is a beta and is not directly indicative of the quality of the final build of Windows 8. It’s also recommended that you do not use this as your main operating system on a production system. Enough about the operating system, you can test it out for yourself later today – see the bottom of this post for expected release time in different time zones and the download link!
Now the icing on the cake, our daughter site, Windows8Forums.com is also live and waiting for you! Feel free to register and begin posting – for support, discussions, ideas, your thoughts and more. The site is similar to Windows7Forums.com and thus should be an easy transition for most people. Our new site covers everything related to Windows 8, as well as a large number of other Microsoft products, such as Windows Phone! We look forward to seeing you there, and are awaiting your thoughts on the Consumer Preview of Windows 8.
The download will go live at 6AM PST/9AM EST/10AM AST/2PM WET. For more time conversions, look here: 14:00 utc - Wolfram|Alpha. The clock should automatically adjust to your time zone.
Download the Windows 8 Consumer Preview here:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download
Today, here at Windows7Forums.com we are excited to announce the next public testing version of Windows 8! You may remember the Windows 8 Developer Preview went live in September 2011. Since then, Microsoft has remained hard at work on the next version of their Windows operating system. Today, February 29th 2012 the Consumer Preview is going live! You should expect to see hundreds of changes from the developers preview and hopefully a large plethora of new features as well.
The Windows Store should be active in this release, with Microsoft offering several metro inspired apps for free to improve your Windows 8 experience. We are also expecting close SkyDrive integration with the ability for users to sync almost all their data, settings and more across any PC they use Windows 8 on. There’s also speculation Microsoft will be retiring the 17 year old Start button in the Windows 8. Additionally, there is a new logo for Windows 8, which appears to be a metro inspired version of the flag we’ve come to know and love:
The system requirements are similar to Windows 7:
- 1GHz processor
- 1GB RAM for 32-bit OS, 2GB RAM for 64-bit OS
- DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
- 16 GB HDD free space for 32-bit, 20GB HDD free space for 64-bit
As always, this is a beta and is not directly indicative of the quality of the final build of Windows 8. It’s also recommended that you do not use this as your main operating system on a production system. Enough about the operating system, you can test it out for yourself later today – see the bottom of this post for expected release time in different time zones and the download link!
Now the icing on the cake, our daughter site, Windows8Forums.com is also live and waiting for you! Feel free to register and begin posting – for support, discussions, ideas, your thoughts and more. The site is similar to Windows7Forums.com and thus should be an easy transition for most people. Our new site covers everything related to Windows 8, as well as a large number of other Microsoft products, such as Windows Phone! We look forward to seeing you there, and are awaiting your thoughts on the Consumer Preview of Windows 8.
The download will go live at 6AM PST/9AM EST/10AM AST/2PM WET. For more time conversions, look here: 14:00 utc - Wolfram|Alpha. The clock should automatically adjust to your time zone.
Download the Windows 8 Consumer Preview here:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download
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