Windows 8 Release Preview Now Available: Microsoft Confirms Upgrade Offer

  • Microsoft’s Windows 8 Release Preview is now available at the company’s website.
  • “Microsoft has listed several tweaks from the Consumer Preview to the Release Preview,” reports Geek.com. “Among them are improvements to the Windows Store, refined Mail, Photos, and People apps, more customizations options for your Start Screen, better support for multiple monitors, and improved multitouch support in Internet Explorer 10.”
  • The company has confirmed the upgrade path for customers who buy PCs in the months before the OS is released later this year, reports Engadget in a related post.
  • “The company will be rolling out a Windows Upgrade Offer in no less than 131 markets starting June 2nd, which will let anyone who buys an eligible Windows 7-based PC also purchase a Windows 8 Pro upgrade for $14.99 — that offer will be valid through January 31st, 2013,” details Engadget.
  • Upgrade options for those who already own a Windows 7-based PC will be announced in the “coming months.”

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