Some minor bit of Windows 8 news for you all – Microsoft has officially pushed out when they will release Windows 8 out into the wild, and that anointed date is Oct. 26, 2012. Those of you who are buying new PCs and notebooks on the aforementioned dates should be able to grab it on new machines preloaded with it. And if you didn’t know, Microsoft has already outlined attractive upgrade paths for the new OS, so there isn’t any reason for you not to get it.
Source: CNET