Consumers can now download the preview version of the much anticipated Windows 8 Operating System as Microsoft has released the operating system.
Microsoft says tens of thousands of improvements have been made to what it calls the most important redesign of its interface since Windows 95.
The new operating system is designed to bring Windows into the touchscreen, smartphone era.
It adopts the Metro interface of the company’s mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7.
The released preview has features not available in the last version, the consumer preview, launched in February.
There will be new apps for the Bing search engine, news and sports, and improvements to the mail and photo applications unveiled previously.
Microsoft said manufacturers and developers were at work on new devices and apps designed to make the most of Windows 8’s features.
