Windows 8 doesn’t officially go on sale until October 26, but at least one high-volume retailer has jumped the gun on PC sales.
Over the weekend, HSN.com, the online edition of the Home Shopping Network, offered a special on two new Gateway notebook PCs with Windows 8 preinstalled. A search turned up a total of 5 Acer and Gateway machines (Gateway is a division of Acer) available for sale today, with Windows 8 installed. A customer service representative confirmed that all five models are in stock and will ship immediately when ordered.
The details page of this Acer all-in-one PC makes it clear that it comes with Windows 8, not just an option to upgrade in the future.
The specs spell out that this is the 64-bit Windows 8–the base edition, not Windows 8 Pro.
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PC gaming performance on Windows 8: A hard-data analysis (PCWorld.co.nz)
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