Windows 8 Consumer Preview Released

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I am one of those person who haven't jumped into the Ipad/tablet bandwagon because I see no reason to purchase a device which my smartphone is capable of doing, albeit sacrificing screen size.  So last year when Microsoft announced a tablet optimized operating system I was very excited, finally a real operating system on a tablet form factor.  I downloaded the developers preview last September however I did not get the chance to play with it since I was not able to make it work on my virtual machine.  

Today Microsoft has finally released the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and I am definitely trying out this one, I am actually downloading it as I am writing this post.  My next problem would be how to run in on my virtual machine since I wasn't successful with the installation of the Developers Preview the last time, but that I will have to worry later.  Windows 8 Consumer Preview can be downloaded from Microsoft website Windows 8 Download page. The 64-bit is around 3.3GB while the 32-bit is 2.5GB, below are the system requirements for this build.

System Requirements
Windows 8 Consumer Preview works great on the same hardware that powers Windows 7:
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
To use touch, you need a tablet or monitor that supports multitouch
To access 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

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