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Microsoft • 29 February 2012

Get the Windows 8 Consumer Preview wallpapers now

By Steven Norris: grumpy curmudgeon

Read nextDownload Windows 8 Consumer Preview now!

You loved downloading the OS X Mountain Lion wallpaper. Will you be enamoured with the official Windows 8 wallpapers and lockscreens?

Thanks to an early leak of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, this website managed to snag 6 lockscreens and 7 wallpapers.

Here’s the link to the wallpapers, grab them now and enjoy clean, sexy Windows 8 backgrounds and look forward to the imminent download of Windows 8, coming later tonight at roughly 9AM EST (or 4PM GMT+2 for those in Africa).

UPDATE: You can grab it right now!

Look to Gearburn for a full preview of Windows 8 Consumer Preview, and an in-depth review when the download of the ISO eventually finishes.

Steven Norris: grumpy curmudgeon

Steven Norris is a born writer, living in Tamboerskloof, Cape Town and educated in the ways of graphic design but destined to follow in the footsteps of the worlds greatest authors. He has had many years of experience as an SEO copywriter, learning the ropes the hard way before utterly mastering them. He loves training others to write, how to create stories from nothing and how to deliver them to a wider audience. His passion is gadgets, video games, and sorting jellybeans by colour and weight.

Download Windows 8 Consumer Preview now!

Microsoft • 29 February 2012

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