Get your Windows 8 Consumer Preview now, if you dare

Windows 8 is arguably the biggest revamp to Microsoft Windows since Windows 3.1 and brings the Metro touch elements of Windows Phone to the desktop and the tablet form factors. It is strange, it is different and it will shake things up in the OS segment. Aside from the new tiled interface, Microsoft has jettisoned the iconic Start button and restructured a lot of the functionality. This is the future of your desktop, you best be getting used to it.

The Windows 8 Consumer Preview can be downloaded now and is free. Below are the key features as well as the official word from Redmond. See a video and more info on Windows 8 here.

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