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I find this discouraging:

To install Windows 8 Pro, customers must be running Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, or Windows 7. If you would like to upgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 8 Pro, click here.

What if I want to install Windows 8 in a VM ? Do I need to install an older version of Windows first ?

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After you download the upgrade assistant helper and Windows 8 Pro, there's an option to create a .ISO for a clean install.

Which means you need an older Windows OS installed first, because Upgrade Assistant only runs on Windows, right?

Yup. But what they're selling on their website is only an upgrade version. So it's a pretty reasonable restriction.

You'll need System Builder edition for that.

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