With Microsoft’s much awaited release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview around the corner still it looks like Microsoft is already working on builds past Windows 8 consumer preview. According to the reliable source Winunleaked.tk , the Windows 8 has reached build 8284 which is post Windows 8 consumer preview build.
According to the site the latest build compiled in pre Release candidate branch or should we call post Consumer preview is build 8284 with build string as
8284.0.winmain.120216-1840. The build string states that the build was compiled on February 16,2012. This build is the pre Release Candidate build and not the consumer preview build as we know that different teams are working on Windows 8, so they are working on these builds past 8250. One thing to be noted is that these builds have winmain in the buildstring instead of the winbeta which is found the current consumer preview builds.
Although, the final version of Windows 8 consumer preview is not compiled which is expected to be compiled soon. As we all know by now that Microsoft is scheduled to hold a Windows 8 Consumer Preview press event at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on February 29, where Microsoft will be announcing the consumer preview version of Windows 8 which will be freely available to download from Microsoft’s servers.
