Hurry! Microsoft’s free previews of Windows 8 will expire next month, now users have only three weeks to upgrade to a paid copy or face hourly restarts.
All three Windows 8 previews — the Developer Preview of September 2011, the Consumer Preview of February 2012 and the Release Preview will expire Jan. 15, 2013.
Windows 8 Release Preview, the third and final of the sneak peeks, appeared May 31, five months before the new OS launched in retail on Oct. 26.