Yesterday, Microsoft showcased the Windows 8 Consumer Preview (CP) with pretty amazing new UI and Features. I am sure you are so exciting to Upgrade to Windows 8 ASAP. We already offered the Windows 8 Official CP copy to Download... But the Question is, Can your PC handle Windows 8 ?

The Answer is... "YES"

At the Microsoft Building Windows 8 blog, the Windows 8 team has posted the following system recommendations for Windows 8:

• 1 GHz or faster processor.

• 1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit).

• 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit).

• DirectX 9.0c graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver.

This setup gets you going with Windows 8 such that it is functionally equivalent to Windows 7, and as we have talked about previously, you should see measureable improvements in performance in a number of dimensions with a system at this level.

BTW, Windows 8 Installation process take about 10 min ONLY to be completed and you can also choose to keep your Personal Windows 7 files and Applications too, but not all of them, Windows 8 will show you the compatible Apps that can work and the ones that won't.