Windows 8 Drivers Ready?

Hi to the Apple Community!
I plan on purchasing Windows 8 and installing it on my Retina MacBook Pro, because some software are only exclusive to Windows. I am wondering if the Windows 8 drivers are ready for users to installing it on Boot Camp? Also, could someone provide me with a tutorial on how to install it on my Retina MacBook Pro, because it has no optical drive. Your help is much appreciated.

Jomarih asked, Do I purchase Windows 8 pro upgrade or is there another one?
Unless you need the features of Win8pro then Home should be sufficient and cheaper.
I have the Win8Pro upgrade and installed it on top of a licensed full version of Vista. This was done using Bootcamp (BC), I believe version 4 ish in a stock version of Mountain Lion I installed in 12/2012. I then installed drivers and Win BC desktop icon that BC put on a flash drive for me during install. Things worked for a few hours and then I got some messages about updates being available or needed from Win BC icon . After that and it's not clear what might have updated Win 8 started crashing after 10-15 minutes, often with clicks, sine-waves or stuck CD sounds persisting from the speakers.
Later I discovered there was a specific upgrade from Apple for Bootcamp which brings my Moutain Lion to BC 5.0.0. I have not been able to get BC 5.0.1 which appears to be shipping only with recent mac hardware - hearsay on this information.
I haven't tried the BC 5.0.0/vista/Win8 path yet. Going BC 5.0.0 for another 30 days on Win7 trial. Hope more drivers will be released in mean time to make an experiment with installing specific drivers for Win 8 more likely to succeed until hopefully a BC 5.0.XX releases that says Win 8.

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