Download Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Seen this come across Twitter and at a few news sites this morning. Microsoft has released a consumer preview version of Windows 8 for download. I haven't installed it yet, I'm still running the developer preview release so I'll be intersted to see what has changed. It looks to me that the Windows 8 beta will begin soon.

Windows 8 download links below.

Windows 8 Consumer Preview System Requirements

• Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster
  
• RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)
  
• Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
  
• Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device or higher
  

Additional requirements to use certain features:

• To use touch, you need a tablet or a monitor that supports multitouch.
  
• To access the Windows Store and to download and run apps, you need an active Internet connection and a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768.
  
• To snap apps, you need a screen resolution of at least 1366 x 768.
  

Download the setup which contains tools to create an iso, bootable usb install disk or install directly to another partition.

Download Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Windows 8 ISO downloads:

English version

64-bit (x64) Download (3.3 GB) Sha 1 hash — 1288519C5035BCAC83CBFA23A33038CCF5522749

32-bit (x86) Download (2.5 GB) Sha 1 hash — E91ED665B01A46F4344C36D9D88C8BF78E9A1B39

Product Key: DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J