This is the absolute first look at Windows 8 beta brought to you by a Google+ hangout and Peter McDermott from MicroPatrol.com. Maximilian Majewski from Germany gives us the first look!

Google+ Hangout Participants from left to right:

Brian Aldridge

https://plus.google.com/u/1/105574566053602019710/posts

Dierk Maertens

https://plus.google.com/u/1/101399018656713358718/posts

Maximilian Majewski

https://plus.google.com/u/1/117843617175570491498/posts

Peter McDermott

http://gplus.to/pmcd

matthew rappaport

https://plus.google.com/u/1/111048918866742956374/posts

From Wikipedia: “Windows 8 is the codename of the next version of Microsoft Windows, a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, netbooks, tablet PCs, servers, and media center PCs.”