Microsoft’s Windows 8 is officially completed and ready for its “release to manufacturing,” according to the company.
Consumers will still wait until the public release on October 26, but developers with Microsoft’s MSDN subscription or a TechNet subscription will have access as early as August 15. The following day, businesses with Software Assurance, a volume license deal, can also get the new OS.
“Microsoft also said that, as of today, software developers can now offer paid apps via the operating system’s new ‘Windows Store.’ Until now, only free programs were allowed in the marketplace,” reports AllThingsD.
An attempt to make a cohesive operating system for both desktops and tablets, “Windows 8 represents Microsoft’s biggest-ever overhaul to its flagship product,” the article states. “The new Windows works on both traditional PC chips as well as on the kinds of ARM processors used for cell phones (though that version is called Windows RT). Microsoft is also shaking up how programs are written and delivered.”
As previously reported, Microsoft’s Surface tablet is also scheduled for public availability on October 26.
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