# Windows 8 Consumer Preview is out!

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-8-consumer-preview-is-out/327457
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**Created:** [March 2, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-8-consumer-preview-is-out/327457 "2012-03-02T05:51:43Z")
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### Author: ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-8-consumer-preview-is-out/327457/1 "2012-03-02T05:51:43Z")

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> **[Windows 8 Consumer Preview: features, apps, install guide, and more](https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/10/2788927/windows-8-consumer-preview)**
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> That escalating sound you hear is the approaching juggernaut of Microsoft's next big OS iteration, Windows 8. Ahead of the usual release candidates and eventual release in the latter part of 2012,...

Has anybody tried it out yet? Played with it? I’ve been using it on my primary computers for a while now!

:beam: