I think there are so many KMS servers out now that MS should pretty much just start giving Win 8 out for free LOL
If they hadn't removed the glass effects etc it would be very much more appealing to people. It would even be more appealing with a different UI option (which I have covered previously) and having the option for separate UAC/LUA for Metro Apps.
Ballmer wants us to activate as many copies as possible - we are part of his press release statement "so many millions copies of Windows 8 got activated blah blah" (he never mentions how many copies actually got paid for hehe)
Win8Pro 64 vl installed, KMS activated per instructions provided in this thread, WMC upgraded with free MS key.. permanently Activated. Thanks to ALL contributors. The only problem I encountered was my time setting was wrong, corrected that and KMS activated 1st try. Also successfully installed Office 2013 64 bit downloaded via Bittorrent, downloading my gmail now via Outlook!