Windows 8 Customer Preview available to Download(Update : Direct and Torrent Links included)

The Waiting is finally over as Microsoft has now officially released the consumer preview.

Microsoft launched the Beta at theMobile World Congress event in Barcelona. This is the biggest annual trade show for companies displaying and showing off their latest mobile computing wares, which include tablets.

The download has gone live just some time ago, but please remember this is just a beta, so shouldn’t be considered finished and stable for everyday use.

Torrent Link

English - 32-bit (x86) Download

English - 64-bit (x64)  Download

Here are the Direct download links to ISO files

English

64-bit (x64)                    Download (3.3 GB)

Sha 1 hash — 1288519C5035BCAC83CBFA23A33038CCF5522749

32-bit                    Download (2.5 GB)

Sha 1 hash — E91ED665B01A46F4344C36D9D88C8BF78E9A1B39

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

Chinese (Simplified)

64-bit (x64)                    Download (3.4 GB)

Sha 1 hash — DF69B851F9A81DECBB16648CC452461894416EB0

32-bit (x86)                    Download (2.6 GB)

Sha 1 hash — E29A2072745A48C14A1C2E5A61F5230841BEDB45

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

French

64-bit (x64)                    Download (3.3 GB)

Sha 1 hash — A9358E6799ABEEF29EDBA054AD34849C02C7F51F

32-bit (x86)                    Download (2.5 GB)

Sha 1 hash — 2EF8013B9F50B93AEAC8068F4827E2C1DC0DC0B1

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

German

64-bit (x64)                    Download (3.3 GB)

Sha 1 hash — DB1003A47C266697B3832BE2A23319988EE34495

32-bit (x86)                    Download (2.5 GB)

Sha 1 hash — 91075AEA665C5D6F42A24714B3A3390762C94457

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

Japanese

64-bit (x64)                    Download (3.3 GB)

Sha 1 hash — A8F0DB12CAECEA0BE8B27EA124F2234212D9103A

32-bit (x86)                    Download (2.5 GB)

Sha 1 hash — C8A322ED86058086207CAAECD46B4DDACF9E247A

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

Developer tools are available for download from Windows Dev Center.

Here are the 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