A new windows operating system for multiple platforms will be launched somewhere in 2012. However, Windows 8 pre-Beta version is available for developers. Pre-Beta version is available in ISO format here.

A windows store will be inaugurated after the release of Windows 8. There are 3 different previews are available for Windows 8 Pre-Beta Version.

• Windows 8 Developer Preview and Metro style apps on a 64-bit PC.
• Windows 8 Developer Preview and Metro style apps on a 32-bit PC.
• 64-bit Windows 8 Developer Preview

System Requirements:

• 1 Gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 Gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
• 16 GB hard disk
• DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0