It’s not often you see news about Microsoft, or Windows for that matter on this site but something big just got announced and its worth a look.

Microsoft today announced their Windows 8 tablet operating system that was previewed on a Samsung slate:

ThisIsMyNext have done a writeup of Windows 8 on a tablet which is worth a look to see the performance and first reactions to a consumer device running this new OS. However, what is really interesting is the developer build of Windows 8 for the PC just went live and is available for anyone to download.

Going live only a few hours ago, head on over to the Microsoft Developer site where you’ll be able to download a copy of the Windows Developer Preview to your 32-bit or 64-bit x86 machine (no activation required).

For those daring enough to try, click here to download your copy.