Both Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012 are finally available to MSDN subscribers.
I already got leaked versions from the torrents so this was just great opportunity to check whether SHA-1 matches. Guess what, it does. :)
Since everybody is trying to download these images right now, torrent also gives better experience.
Same general slowness and server crashes are nothing new for MSDN site (remember Windows 7). Maybe Microsoft should just embrace torrent network as distribution media instead relying on its own (obviously inadequate) infrastructure...