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Engadget reports that the Windows 8 Developer Preview has been downloaded 500,000 times in the first 12 hour



We've already heard that quite a few of you have downloaded Windows 8 since the developer preview became available last night, and it looks like plenty of other folks have as well --- about 500,000 in the first 12 hours, to be specific. That's according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer himself, who took to the stage at Build earlier today to dish that particular bit of news and recap the past two day's events.
  500,000 Windows 8 downloads in less than 12 hours