{"id":872,"date":"2012-03-01T21:09:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T21:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech-no.104.210.61.21.xip.io\/?p=872"},"modified":"2012-03-01T21:09:31","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T21:09:31","slug":"windows-8-consumer-preview-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech-no.org\/?p=872","title":{"rendered":"Windows 8 Consumer Preview available!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You heard me right! The consumer preview is now available for download from microsoft, here is the link: <a title=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-US\/windows-8\/consumer-preview?ocid=S_GOO_W8P_Google_na_EN-US&amp;semid=ef_GGL_e_4b21c4f372246f77f804c8778cbed056&amp;WT.search=1\" href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-US\/windows-8\/consumer-preview?ocid=S_GOO_W8P_Google_na_EN-US&amp;semid=ef_GGL_e_4b21c4f372246f77f804c8778cbed056&amp;WT.search=1\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-US\/windows-8\/consumer-preview?ocid=S_GOO_W8P_Google_na_EN-US&amp;semid=ef_GGL_e_4b21c4f372246f77f804c8778cbed056&amp;WT.search=1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is the overview for the lazy:<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>See what&#8217;s new<\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table summary=\"\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<h2>Swipe, slide, and zoom<\/h2>\n<p>Touch a full-powered PC. It&#8217;s fast and it&#8217;s fluid. Take natural, direct, hands-on control.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-US\/windows-8\/get-started?page=vid1\" data-id=\"ID0EBBBBFBHBBA\"> More <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<h2>Apps, front and center<\/h2>\n<p>Apps in Windows\u00a08 work together to get things done faster. Get them from the Windows Store.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-US\/windows-8\/apps\" data-id=\"ID0EBBBBDBHBBA\"> More <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<h2>Your Windows, everywhere<\/h2>\n<p>Windows\u00a08 can connect you to your files, photos, people, and settings, wherever you sign\u00a0in.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-US\/windows-8\/cloud-connected\" data-id=\"ID0EBBBBBBHBBA\">More<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table summary=\"\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<h2>Wall-to-wall web<\/h2>\n<p>Internet\u00a0Explorer\u00a010 Consumer Preview brings you immersive web browsing on screens big and small.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-US\/windows-8\/internet-explorer\" data-id=\"ID0EBBBBEBFBBA\"> More <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<h2>The familiar, made better<\/h2>\n<p>Still devoted to your mouse and keyboard? Windows\u00a08 makes the tried-and-true feel brand new.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-US\/windows-8\/get-started?page=vid2\" data-id=\"ID0EBBBBCBFBBA\">More<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<h2>The Windows Experience Blog<\/h2>\n<p>Read this Windows Experience Blog entry for some tips on getting started with Windows\u00a08 Consumer Preview.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/windowsteamblog.com\/windows\/b\/windowsexperience\/archive\/2012\/02\/29\/introducing-windows-8-consumer-preview.aspx\" data-id=\"ID0EBBBBABFBBA\"> Visit the blog <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Behind the scenes<\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table summary=\"\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<h2>Meet the engineering team<\/h2>\n<p>Check out a short video for an informal look at Windows\u00a08 from one of the teams that built it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Blogs\/Windows-Blog\/Windows-8-Consumer-Preview-Demo\" data-id=\"ID0EBBBBEBBBBA\"> Watch the video<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<h2>Building Windows\u00a08<\/h2>\n<p>Get the latest news and the inside scoop on the development process from the Windows\u00a08 engineering team blog.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/b8\/\" data-id=\"ID0EBBBBCBBBBA\"> Visit the blog <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<h2>The product guide<\/h2>\n<p>Download the Windows\u00a08 Consumer Preview Product Guide for more in-depth, detailed info on this release.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/p\/?LinkId=238697\" data-id=\"ID0EBBBBBBBBBA\">Download the product guide <\/a> (.pdf)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Watch the video and let me know if you are excited or bored, or could care less.<\/p>\n<p>I am excited to start playing with it. as soon as i get my pc out of the moving truck i will install this to test it out, like i did with the developer preview. Lets hope this is a little more stable this time. =)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You heard me right! The consumer preview is now available for download from microsoft, here is the link: http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-US\/windows-8\/consumer-preview?ocid=S_GOO_W8P_Google_na_EN-US&amp;semid=ef_GGL_e_4b21c4f372246f77f804c8778cbed056&amp;WT.search=1 &nbsp; Here is the overview for the lazy: See what&#8217;s new Swipe, slide, and zoom Touch a full-powered PC. It&#8217;s fast and it&#8217;s fluid. Take natural, direct, hands-on control. More Apps, front and center Apps in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tech-no.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tech-no.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tech-no.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tech-no.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tech-no.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tech-no.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":873,"href":"https:\/\/tech-no.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions\/873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tech-no.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tech-no.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tech-no.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}