
Today, Windows 8 Release Preview is available for download in 14 languages, including Russian. As Steve Sinofsky writes, RTM will follow her, so there is not much time to wait. I recall that the release of the Preview Preview was scheduled for the first week of June this year, respectively. Windows Server 2012 RC and Visual Studio 2012 RC became available a bit earlier.
If the testimonials and telemetry data for Windows 8 and Windows RT meet our expectations, then we will proceed to the final stages of the RTM process within 2 months .
Sam Release Preview (build 8400) was compiled a week ago. The rest of the time it took to create localized assemblies and preparing for distribution. Incidentally, the Chinese version, which was merged this morning, has a similar build number.
Unfortunately, there is no changelog yet. Upgrading from the Developer or Customer Preview will not work.
The translucency of the windows, judging from the screenshot of the Chinese assembly, was left:
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Blog post Building Windows 8 in RussianWindows 8 Release Preview:Windows Server 2012 RC Datacenter:Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate RC:Team Foundation Server 2012 RC:About the Windows 8 Web Installer:
The link is "Assistant to upgrade to Windows 8", which will check the system for compatibility and will start the download itself already from Microsoft servers. But download speed is low now (at least for me), so I recommend torrents accordingly.