Today marks a big day for Microsoft in the release of the consumer preview (beta) version of Windows 8 which is officially being launched in Barcelona. The release has just been made available (hence the slow download I am getting).
Microsoft is making available today downloads of the Consumer Preview (beta) of Windows 8 client, the beta of Windows Server 8 and the beta of Visual Studio “11″ for developing for Windows 8.
The downloadable bits are expected to hit Microsoft’s servers this morning, ET, from what the Internet is suggesting. The Windows 8 Consumer Preview (x86/x64 bits only) is expected to be Build 8250. The download can be found here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso.
There are many people asking what differences there are between this and the developer version which was available in September 2011. From what we understand so far is that Windows 8 is a great choice for traditional PC's and laptops as it will be on touch enabled tablets.
There are concepts such as hot corners which seem to be being talked about across the Internet (very similar to Apple OS X), where you place the mouse cursor in key corners and a specific action is invoked. Above this there is an abundance of UI tweaks and the official debut of the Windows 8 app store.
Whilst you are waiting for your download to finish, you might want to check out the following product guide for this latest release. This can be found over here.
Anyway we would love to hear your thoughts on this latest release so feel free to add any comments.
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