Microsoft’s Windows 8 released to manufacturers; General release date is Oct 26 2012 – Published 1 Aug 2012 1643 GMT/UTC

Microsoft will offer Windows 8 upgrades for just $39.99 (£25.6 approx) for anyone using an existing product.

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The offer will be open until January 31 and after that the OS will be sold at a higher price.

If you’re currently running Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP on your PC or laptop, you’ll qualify for a downloadable copy of the top-level Windows 8 Pro for the knockdown price.

You will also get Media Center as an additional free download.A Windows 8 upgrade assistant wizard will walk you through the process to make it as easy as possible.Here are the minimum system requirements to run Windows 8:
Processor: 1GHz or faster 32-bit or 64-bit
RAM: 1GB (32-bit) or 2GB (64-bit)
Hard disk space: 16GB for 32-bit (or 20GB for 64-bit)(Source: Auslogics)

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