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Windows 8 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft.It was released to manufacturing on August 1, 2012, made available for download via MSDN and TechNet on August 15, 2012, [6] and generally released for retail on October 26, 2012.
Release date Based on Windows NT Embedded 4.0: Impala: August 30, 1999: Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Windows XP Embedded: Mantis: November 28, 2001: Windows XP Professional Windows Embedded Standard 2009 — December 14, 2008: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Windows Embedded Standard 7: Quebec: 2010: Windows 7 Windows Embedded 8 — 2013: Windows 8 ...
Windows 8.1 is a release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft.It was released to manufacturing on August 27, 2013, and broadly released for retail sale on October 17, 2013, about a year after the retail release of its predecessor, and succeeded by Windows 10 on July 29, 2015.
Enthusiasm for the personal computer sector, sparked by renewed leadership from Microsoft, is waning. Microsoft (NAS: MSFT) Windows 8 for computers will be launched alongside Windows Phone 8 for ...
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Release date RTM build Current version Support status Codename Based on (kernel) Kernel type Operating environments Editions Purpose Short description Windows CE 1.0: 1996-11-16 Unsupported Pegasus, Alder CE 1.0 Embedded First release of Microsoft's Windows CE line for minimalistic computers and embedded systems Windows CE 2.0: 1997-11-29 ...
Windows 1.0, the first independent version of Microsoft Windows, released on November 20, 1985, achieved little popularity. The project was briefly codenamed "Interface Manager" before the windowing system was implemented—contrary to popular belief that it was the original name for Windows and Rowland Hanson, the head of marketing at Microsoft, convinced the company that the name Windows ...
Windows 8, a major release of the Microsoft Windows operating system, was available in four different editions: Windows 8 (Core), Pro, Enterprise, and RT. Only Windows 8 (Core) and Pro were widely available at retailers. [1] The other editions focus on other markets, such as embedded systems or enterprise.