Windows 8 Preview August 7, 2012 by Igor Drobot Leave a Comment Windows 8 Release Date is October 26, I found some requirements information and will install these days a Microsoft Windows 8 Consumer Preview version. CPU: 1 GHz or faster RAM: 1GB for 32-bit version 2GB for 64-bit version Hard disk drive: 16GB for 32-bit 20GB for 64-bit