Windows 8 Consumer Preview available for download, presentation at MWC 2012

As mentioned here is the long-awaited Windows 8 Consumer Preview that opens the dance to the stages of public beta and the latest rumors suggest the arrival of the final for December 2012 . Steven Sinofsky, president of the division of Microsoft Windows and Windows Live, presented the new version of the OS that defines a completely reinvented and not just an upgrade.

We start with the link to download theConsumer Preview directly from the Microsoft site that we use for both the PC and the tablet having compatibility with the touchscreen.

 During the presentation was shown a prototype tablet with Samsung on-board Windows 8 and software, we find among the new Windows Store , a market for applications is now fundamental in the mobile world and anticipated worldwide desktop and notebook Mac App Store.

Throughout the period of validity of the Consumer Preview, Store all Windows applications will be downloaded and used free of charge to bring the user experience.

Among the keywords of Windows 8 include the already announced that cloud will be built on the new Microsoft OS with the ability, as well as use it as storage and backup, even on the cloud to load the system settings, contacts and calendar and e-mail.

Windows 8 Beta will be called the "Consumer Preview"

Microsoft at CES and did not give us a Beta version of Windows 8, but in February, shortly after we will see a new beta version of Windows, its name will be changed before Beta, RC's name, and was "Consumer Preview" and "Enterprise (or Business) Preview" replaced by a screenshot from the official Beta version also proved this point: