Windows 8 release date set for October

Anyone who wants to play around with Windows 8 has been able to for a several weeks now courtesy of the Windows 8 Release Preview. But Microsoft has used its Worldwide Partner Conference today to confirm the release window for the final version of its new operating system.

Windows 8 will be launched near the end of October, meaning anyone buying a new system in just time for Christmas is going to be booting up Windows 8 and that all new, unfamiliar user interface.

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