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Windows 8 Consumer Preview

It's Windows reimagined and reinvented from a solid core of Windows 7 speed and reliability. It's an all-new touch interface. It's a new Windows for new devices. And it's your opportunity to be one of the first to try it out.

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Upgrade info

Find out how to upgrade from Windows 8 Consumer Preview to Windows 8 Release Preview.

Find out the latest

See this entry on the Windows Team Blog for info on what's new in this release.

See how it works

Watch a short video to see some of the new things you can do with Windows 8.

Apps, front and center

Apps in Windows 8 work together to get things done faster. Get them from the Windows Store.

Your Windows, Virtually everywhere

Windows 8 can connect you to your files, photos, people, and settings, wherever you sign in with a Microsoft account.

Wall-to-wall web

Internet Explorer 10 Release Preview brings you immersive web browsing on screens big and small.

More to explore

Building Windows 8

Get the latest news and the inside scoop on the development process from the Windows 8 engineering team blog.

Product guides

Check out our Windows 8 product guides for:

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