Windows 8 PC Has Six Variants

Stefan Mileschin · 6th March 2012, 07:18

Poking around the registry of Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Windows8Beta discovered the operating system, at least the PC version, as having six variants. There are also mentions of ARM variants (for ARM tablets and notebooks), but let's look at the PC SKUs:

Windows 8 Starter Edition, for low-cost PCs, netbooks, nettops, etc., probably targeting emerging markets only
Windows 8 Home Basic, for value desktop PCs, netbooks, and notebooks
Windows 8 Home Premium, for mainstream desktops and notebooks
Windows 8 Professional, for home, office desktops and more functional notebooks
Windows 8 Professional Plus, for office desktops and notebooks in dense local networks, probably has extra management, data security features
Windows 8 Ultimate Edition, has the complete feature-set of the OS

http://www.techpowerup.com/161736/Wi...-Variants.html

6th March 2012, 07:18	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,462	Windows 8 PC Has Six Variants Poking around the registry of Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Windows8Beta discovered the operating system, at least the PC version, as having six variants. There are also mentions of ARM variants (for ARM tablets and notebooks), but let's look at the PC SKUs: Windows 8 Starter Edition, for low-cost PCs, netbooks, nettops, etc., probably targeting emerging markets only Windows 8 Home Basic, for value desktop PCs, netbooks, and notebooks Windows 8 Home Premium, for mainstream desktops and notebooks Windows 8 Professional, for home, office desktops and more functional notebooks Windows 8 Professional Plus, for office desktops and notebooks in dense local networks, probably has extra management, data security features Windows 8 Ultimate Edition, has the complete feature-set of the OS http://www.techpowerup.com/161736/Wi...-Variants.html

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