Few months back, we covered the launch of Windows 8 Developer Preview edition and how to install Windows 8 on your system. We also covered some of its top features  and what we should look forward to. Microsoft has now released Windows 8 Consumer preview edition and is available to everyone for download now.

Unlike Developer Preview edition, this consumer preview edition needs a Product key for activation. The product key is provided by Microsoft on the Downloads page of Windows 8.

This is a consumer preview edition or Beta, which means that its almost stable and can be tested by normal public users instead of just developers.

Download Details

You can download the ISO images of 64-bit (x64) and 32-bit (x86)  Windows 8 Consumer preview edition directly from the Microsoft servers. Check out the Link below to Download.

English

64-bit (x64):  Download (3.3 GB)

Sha 1 hash — 1288519C5035BCAC83CBFA23A33038CCF5522749

32-bit (x86): Download (2.5 GB)

Sha 1 hash — E91ED665B01A46F4344C36D9D88C8BF78E9A1B39

Product Key:   DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J

Download links and Product keys for other languages can be found here.

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

How to install Windows 8 Consumer Preview from an ISO image

We have already covered how to install Windows 8 Developer preview edition using an ISO image file. The steps are still the same for this Co9nsumer Preview edition too. Check out the posts below for details on How to Install Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

Checkout the Official Demo of Windows 8 Below