1million dwonloads for Windows 8.

"One day later...one million downloads of the consumer preview" was the tweet from the official Build Windows 8 team twitter Account '@BuildWindows8.


The consumer preview of windows 8 seems to be a huge success. It is not in vein that Microsoft brought the Metro UI to the Desktop version of windows.


It must be however noted that Apple had similarly declared of one million downloads of its Mac OS X (lion), in just one day.
But Mac OSX was not free.

Windows 8 Consumer Preview Video

Microsoft has launched its Public Beta for Windows 8. Here is the video of Consumer preview during the MWC 2012.

Download this consumer preview for free right now.

The New Windows 8 Logo

This is the new windows logo. Microsoft recently unveiled it.

It is quite a redesign from the current version.

Windows 8 preview on 29th Feb

Microsoft has announced that it will release a new preview version of Windows 8 (the Computer OS) on 29th Feb in Barcelona where the Mobile World Congress trade show will be held.

The new windows OS will have a new UI called 'Metro'. It will replace the start button with a new Start screen which will comprise of tiles of your favourite apps. It will look similar to the current windows Phone OS.

One new feature of the OS will be that it will support ARM microsprocessor along with the current x86(Intel and AMD).

It is also possible that Microsoft will open the Windows App Store. This store will consist of mini-apps tailored specifically for Windows 8.