Support ends … April 8 2014
Update
RTM Windows 8.1
http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-confirms-windows-8-1-rtm-no-early-access-to-final-bits-7000019894/
Desktop Friendly Windows 8.1 - Metro Hater’s Guide
http://www.zdnet.com/the-metro-haters-guide-to-the-windows-8-1-preview-7000018398/
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Attended the FIRST Public Windows 8 Presentation The Reimagination of Windows 8 and Windows Server 12 from Joey (great job!) at ICNH. Learned some awesome performance numbers for 2012. Performance up to 1 Millions IOPS and IO can move 10GB file in 10 secs and future is bright just waiting on new faster hardware.
Now available for download (90 day eval)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/jj554510.aspx
Found this great link
http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/win8/index.htm
FAQ
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/faq
http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows8/windows-8-secrets-winrt-windows-runtime-142196
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/08/17/introducing-the-team.aspx
http://buildbloggerbash.com/
http://brandonlive.com/2011/06/03/first-look-at-the-next-version-of-windows/
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