Windows 8版本列表：修订间差异

'''[[Windows 8]]'''有四个版本<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2012/04/16/announcing-the-windows-8-editions.aspx |title=存档副本 |accessdate=2012-06-27 |||}}</ref><ref>[http://unwire.hk/2012/04/17/windows-8-version/software/win8/ Windows 8只有3个版本！ - 香港 unwire.hk<!-- 机器人生成的标题 -->]</ref>，分別为 '''Windows 8（标准版）'''、'''Windows 8 Pro（专业版）'''、'''Windows 8 Enterprise（企业版）'''，'''Windows RT（ARM版）'''。其中，专业版增加了一些商业上的应用；企业版专为企业新增了PC管理和部署、安全、[[虚拟化|虛擬化]]、移动等功能；Windows RT是首次出现的[[ARM架構|ARM平台]]版本，因无法与传统桌面应用程式相容，所以独立成新系统。

中国大陆销售的版本为简化配送方式并打击盜版市场，因而僅提供数位下載版<ref name="winsupersite2">{{cite web | url=http://www.winsupersite.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/microsoft-details-windows-8-enterprise-142874 | title=Microsoft Details Windows 8 Enterprise | publisher=Penton Media | date=2012-04-18 | accessdate=2012-04-18 | author=Thurott, Paul | | | }}</ref>。另外Windows 8中文版、单语言版以OEM预裝形式出现，不会在零售市场出现。

| align="left"|销售管道<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.winsupersite.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/microsoft-stops-skuing-customers-windows-8-142840 | title=News Flash! Microsoft Stops SKUing Customers with Windows 8 | publisher=Penton Media | date=2012-04-16 | accessdate=2012-04-17 | author=Thurott, Paul | | | }}</ref>|| 预載于平板电脑 || OEM、零售 || OEM、零售、大量授权 ||大量授权

| align="left"|RAM上限<ref name='MSDN Memory Limits'>{{cite web | url = http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778%28VS.85%29.aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_8 | title = Physical Memory Limits: Windows 8 | accessdate = 2010-11-02 | date = 2012-10-16 | publisher = [[Microsoft Developer Network]] | | | }}</ref>|| '''?''' || 4GB (32-bit)<br>128GB (64-bit) || 4GB (32-bit)<br>512GB (64-bit)|| 4GB (32-bit)<br>512GB (64-bit)

| [[Xbox network|Xbox Live]]应用程序(包含 [[Xbox Live Arcade]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/windows_8_integrate_xbox_live_support |title=Windows 8 To Integrate Xbox Live Support |publisher=Maximum PC |date= |accessdate=2011-08-29 |||}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows8/windows-8-feature-focus-xbox-live-games-app-preview-142897|title=Windows 8 Feature Focus: Xbox LIVE Games|publisher=Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows|date=|accessdate=2012-04-21|||}}</ref>|| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}

| 支援第三方应用程序<ref name=tr-winrtdiff>{{cite web|title=Windows 8 vs Windows RT: what's the difference?|url=http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/windows-8-vs-windows-rt-whats-the-difference-1086980|publisher=TechRadar|accessdate=2012-09-05|||}}</ref>|| {{partial|限于Windows Store 中的应用程序}} || {{yes|Windows Store 和传统桌面应用程序}} || {{yes|Windows Store 和传统桌面应用程序}} || {{yes|Windows Store 和传统桌面应用程序}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|在 Windows RT 电脑中使用 Device Encryption 保护数据，此功能基于 BitLocker 技术。<ref>{{cite web|title=Device Encryption|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb964600.aspx|work=[[微软开发者网络|MSDN]] Library|publisher=Microsoft|accessdate=2012-07-09|date=2010-04-08|||}}</ref>}}

| [[Sideloading|Sideload]] Windows Store apps || {{Yes}}<ref name=managing-byo>{{cite web|last=Sinofsky|first=Steven|title=Managing "BYO" PCs in the enterprise (including WOA)|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/04/19/managing-quot-byo-quot-pcs-in-the-enterprise-including-woa.aspx|work=Building Windows 8|accessdate=2012-09-05|||}}</ref>|| {{No}}<ref name="winsupersite2" />|| {{Yes}}<ref name=installapps>{{cite web|title=How to Add and Remove Apps|url=http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh852635.aspx|accessdate=2012-10-04}}</ref>|| {{Yes}}<ref name="winsupersite2" />

| [[Hyper-V]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Sinofsky|first=Steven|title=Bringing Hyper-V to "Windows 8"|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/07/bringing-hyper-v-to-windows-8.aspx|work=Building Windows 8|publisher=Microsoft|accessdate=2012-05-15|date=2011-07-09|||}}</ref>|| {{no}} || {{no}} || colspan=2 {{yes2|限于64位操作系统，需要支持SLAT的CPU}}

| [[Features new to Windows 7#Networking|分支緩存]]{{efn|BranchCache, a feature of [[Windows 7]] and later, locally [[Cache (computing)|caches]] contents received from a [[file server]] or [[web server]] to enable faster subsequent uses.<ref>{{cite web|title=BranchCache|url=http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/branchcache.aspx|work=Windows Server 2008 R2 homepage|publisher=Microsoft|accessdate=2012-07-09|||}}</ref>}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{Yes}}

| 网络文件系统服务<ref>{{cite web|title=Services for NFS availability in Windows 8 editions (Revision 1.0)|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2769923|work=Microsoft Support|publisher=Microsoft|accessdate=2012-11-08|date=2012-10-18|||}}</ref>|| {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{yes}}

| [[Windows Media Center]] || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{partial|位于 Windows Media Center Packs 中}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2012/07/02/upgrade-to-windows-8-pro-for-39-99.aspx |title=Upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99 |work=Blogging Windows |publisher=Microsoft |first=Brandon |last=Leblanc |accessdate=2012-07-03 |quote=If you install the Windows 8 Pro System Builder product, you will be able to add Windows Media Center via the 「add features」 option within the product for free during the promotion. |||}}</ref>|| {{no}}