Download Windows 8 Consumer Preview Now

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, stop what you are doing, head over to Microsoft website and download your copy of Windows 8 Consumer Preview before Microsoft servers go down.  Yes, as promised, Microsoft has made available for download the Consumer Preview version of Windows 8 and bits are now live on Microsoft servers.

The Consumer Preview build string is 8250.0.winmain_win8beta.120217-1520, which indicates that the build was compiled on 17th February. While the download size of x86 version is 2.5 GB, x64 version is 3.3 GB.

Download Windows 8 Consumer Preview Build

Users who have plans to install Windows 8 Consumer Preview build may find following guides useful:

# Install Windows 8 from USB flash drive

# Install Windows 8 on VMware virtual machine

# Install Windows 8 on VirtualBox

# Install Windows 8 from external hard drive

# Install Windows 8 from an ISO file

# Install Windows 8 on tablet

[via intowindows]