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Although Windows 8 is listed here as supported on the download page:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30345

Anyway you can use Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or Windows Server 2012 to successfully install SharePoint 2013. If you have Windows 8 Professional there should be Hyper-V included allowing you to virtualize this environment.