Windows 8 is preceded byWindows 7and succeeded byWindows 10.
Windows 8.1 Enterprise is the edition intended for large organizations.
All three editions of Windows 8 already mentioned are available in either32-bit or 64-bitversions.
If you already have Windows 8, you canupdate to Windows 8.1 for free.
Both updates are free and bring feature changes, as well as fixes, to the operating system.
There is noservice packavailable for Windows 8, nor will there be one.
The initial release of Windows 8 has theversion number6.2.9200.
See ourWindows Version Numberslist for more on this.
Two additional licenses also exist, theSystem Builderlicense and theOEMlicense.
Beginning with Windows 8.1, these types of licenses no longer exist.
There are also several additional hardware requirements for Windows 8 when installed on a tablet.
Windows 8 Hardware Limitations
32-bit versions of Windows 8 support up to 4 GB of RAM.
No hardware limitations were changed in the Windows 8.1 update.
