{"id":2842,"date":"2012-04-17T16:47:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T14:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=2842"},"modified":"2012-04-17T16:47:08","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T14:47:08","slug":"windows-8-available-in-4-versions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=2842","title":{"rendered":"Windows 8 available in 4 versions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Windows 8 will come in 4 versions. Three versions for x86\/x64 and one
\nversion for ARM-based devices such as smartphones and tablets. Seems as
\nif there will be no Windows 8 Ultimate as Windows 7 Ultimate has the same
\nfunctionality as Windows 7 Enterprise. There will be a Windows 8 Enterpise.<\/p>\n

The Differences are clearly marked:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Windows 8 RT (RunTime?)<\/h3>\n

This is the most reduced version of Windows and will lack of many features. However Installation of different language packs will still be possible (called MUI-Packages).<\/p>\n

Windows 8 RT won’t be able to run Media Player and other x86\/x64 optimized software. It will furthermore wun touch-surface-optimized software titles and Versions of Microsoft products specially designed for smartphones and tablets.<\/p>\n

Windows 8<\/h3>\n

The economy version for X86\/x64 systems and will be in the direct upgrade path to Windows 7 Home Edition. Missing features are Access via Remote Desktop and the computer can’t join a domain. Also, this type of Windows can’t be administered using Group Policies<\/p>\n

Windows 8 Pro<\/h3>\n

This Version of Windows 8 will come with additional features. What exactly, has not yet been released by Microsoft.<\/p>\n

Windows 8 Enterprise<\/h3>\n

This version will enable BitLocker and EFD HDD encryption as well as the opportunity to fire up the OS from a VHD. Furthermore, enterprise-like there will be also Remote-Assistance.<\/p>\n

Interesting fact is, that the Media Center won’t be included in any versions of Windows 8, however an “Economical Media Package” will be available for Windows 8 Pro to add media Center features to this version of Windows 8.<\/p>\n

Windows 8 Enterprise will be only available when you sign up for a Software Assurance Agreement with Microsoft. It’s most likely, that Win8 Enterprise will also use the CAL licensing scheme. The question will be what kind of Server will play the KML-Server to check the CALs. Either Win2K8 R2 Server will receive an update or there will be a new Server release (possibly Windows Server 2012?).<\/p>\n

A Blog post<\/a> from Microsoft is revealing more detailed information. So feel free to check out this post.
\nOne addition: The chart is a bit controversal. An “X” in the chart means: “This Feature is NOT available”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Windows 8 will come in 4 versions. Three versions for x86\/x64 and one version for ARM-based devices such as smartphones and tablets. Seems as if there will be no Windows 8 Ultimate as Windows 7 Ultimate has the same functionality as Windows 7 Enterprise. There will be a Windows 8 Enterpise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,3],"tags":[17,1648,1501,388,1647,1649,561,1646,1513],"class_list":["post-2842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-2","category-news","tag-blog","tag-enterprise","tag-features","tag-microsoft","tag-pro","tag-rt","tag-touch","tag-versions","tag-windows-8"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}