Windows 8 Build 8220 Screenshots Leaked

Written by Alan Friday, 3 February 2012 03:49

Microsoft is getting very close to releasing the public Beta of Windows 8.  We will being seeing it sometime in February, and Build 8220 may actually be that Beta, or Consumer Preview as it looks like it may be referred to as.  It’s unclear if there be only one Beta, or if a second one will come later as Windows 7 did.  The final version of Windows 8 is expected to be released in October of this year.

Today some screenshots of Windows 8 Build 8220 found their way onto the web via Chinese web site PC Beta.  The screenshots show the new build has some changes to the interface as well, including the Start menu which we are told will only appear when the mouse is moved to the lower left corner of the screen.  Clearly this move is to get users used to accessing apps from the new Charms menu.  We also noted that it does in fact state the name at the bottom right as “Windows 8 Consumer Preview”.

The new Windows version number is 6.2.8220.0.  The bottom right of the screen states “Windows 8 Consumer Preview Evaluation Copy Build 8220″.  It will be available to everyone in the next couple of weeks and will be free to download and use.  The new screenshots can be seen below.

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