Yesterday (August 1st 2012) Microsoft announced that Windows 8 had been released to manufactures. This means it's out of beta! They also announced general availability (aka the day you'll be able to buy it) as being October 26th 2012.
Read more here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/08/01/releasing-windows-8-august-1-2012.aspx
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