Is Windows 8 1 Operating System?
Contents Os Family Microsoft Windows Source Model Closed-Source Source-Available (Through Shared Source Initiative) Released to Manufacturing August 27, 2013...
| OS family | Microsoft Windows |
| Source model | Closed-source Source-available (through Shared Source Initiative) |
| Released to manufacturing | August 27, 2013 |
| General availability | October 17, 2013 |
| Support status | |
|---|---|
Is Windows 8 an operating system?
Windows 8 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. The product was released to manufacturing on August 1, 2012, and generally to retail on October 26, 2012. … Windows 8 added support for USB 3.0, Advanced Format hard drives, near field communications, and cloud computing.
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