Win8 will have eight independent versions. Is it still a rumor?

How many versions of Windows 8 are there? There are many speculations in the industry. Since Microsoft officially did not make any comments on everyone's guess, some netizens said that Windows 8 will have six different versions, namely Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise (Windows 8 Enterprise) and Windows 8 Professional (Windows). 8 Professional), each version is divided into 32-bit and 64-bit versions, a total of 6 versions.

But recently, some enthusiasts accidentally discovered the analysis of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview registry file. There are actually eight separate versions of the win8 operating system information. In addition to several versions we are familiar with, we also added "Professional Plus" and "ARM version". Below is a list of Windows 8 SKUs that have exploded this time.

- Windows 8 Starter edition (Windows 8 Starter Edition)

- Windows 8 Home Basic Edition (Windows 8 Home Basic Edition)

- Windows 8 Home Premium edition (Windows) 8 Home Premium Edition)

- Windows 8 Professional edition (Windows 8 Professional Edition)

- Windows 8 Professional Plus edition (Windows 8 Professional Plus Edition)

- Windows 8 Enterprise Edition (Windows 8 Enterprise Edition)

- Windows 8 Ultimate edition (Windows 8 Ultimate)

- Windows 8 ARM edition (Windows 8 ARM Edition)

Currently, Microsoft officials did not make any comment on this news. But we can expect Microsoft to bring us more details about Windows 8 at CeBIT, Germany next week.

Of course, there is another version of rumors that the Windows development team has completely simplified the Windows 8 version. The new system only contains three versions — — Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows 8 Pro, simple and easy to understand.