The consumer preview of Windows 8 was downloaded one million times in a single day.
The Windows Store, where you can find all the Windows 8 apps, will be available alongside the Consumer Preview.
Microsoft recently launched the Consumer Preview version of Windows 8 and will presumably launch the final version by mid 2012.
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"In our hands-on of Microsoft's Consumer Preview, we declared that your familiar Windows desktop is all but dead, " Alexandra Chang wrote Friday for Wired.
Back in March, Pirillo did a video of his dad (obviously a tech-savvy guy with a multi-screen setup) trying to figure out how to use the consumer preview of Windows 8.
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The latest to get the in-depth treatment on the Building Windows 8 blog is the Mail app, which has already gone through some fairly big changes since the Consumer Preview and is apparently set to receive even more before the final release.
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With the recent release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Windows Server 8 beta, along with this week's launch of SQL Server 2012 and Windows Embedded Standard 8 CTP, Microsoft is offering a good look at a new, common set of technologies that spans specialized devices, servers, PCs and applications.
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AccuWeather worked directly with Microsoft in developing the app and the app was selected to be part of the Windows Store on Windows 8 Consumer and Release Preview.
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As the most visible sign of this emergence, Microsoft has released a preview of their new consumer and business website (a button on the home page toggles between the two).
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Note: Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview is a developer build and not a consumer-ready release.
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