How to install Windows 8 on your laptop in just 45 minutes
You can put the Windows 8 client on your laptop -- for free -- in 30 minutes or less! (Preparation takes extra time.) If you want to kick the tires of Microsoft's newest product for work or pleasure, you can install it on your current laptop or desktop with little risk.
I don't recommend using your company's production workstation because IT administrators frown upon that sort of thing. In addition, your organization probably has some sort of encryption such as McAfee Endpoint Protection or BitLocker, and while there might be ways to get around this, it's probably not worth the effort because it's better to install Windows 8 on a non-production machine.
There are several download options for Windows 8. Follow the link to "Windows 8 Consumer Preview Online Install," download a 5 MB .exe file, and make sure there is a connection to the Internet. Once you run the .exe file, it pulls the files from Microsoft's site, and Windows 8 should run pretty smoothly.
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