8.1 is also a completely different version of Windows (6.3, whereas Windows 8 was 6.2), while XP SP1, SP2, and SP3 were all Windows 5.1. Windows 8.1 has a handful of significant changes, like new start screen app sizes, Search, and Settings menu. pcuser42 ( talk) 21:49, 29 July 2013 (UTC) Reply 8.1 has more feature additions than XP SP2, which is mostly security updates and bug fixes, and didn't include major aesthetic changes to the OS. Gamer9832 ( talk) 21:40, 29 July 2013 (UTC) Reply Isn't it more of a service pack than a brand new OS? A bit like Windows XP SP2. Wikipedia also has articles on Windows 2.1 and Windows 3.1. Should we create a separate article for Windows 8.1? It has a brand new kernel (6.3) and has enough features to merit an article as a new operating system. No further edits should be made to this discussion. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. This article is supported by WikiProject Computing (assessed as High-importance). This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale. Software Wikipedia:WikiProject Software Template:WikiProject Software software articles If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. This article is within the scope of WikiProject Software, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of software on Wikipedia. Software : Computing B‑class High‑importance This article is supported by WikiProject Computing. Microsoft Windows Wikipedia:WikiProject Microsoft Windows Template:WikiProject Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows articles This article is within the scope of WikiProject Microsoft Windows, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Microsoft Windows on Wikipedia. Microsoft Windows : Computing B‑class Top‑importance This article is supported by WikiProject Microsoft Windows (assessed as Top-importance). This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale. This article has been rated as B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. Microsoft Wikipedia:WikiProject Microsoft Template:WikiProject Microsoft Microsoft articles This article is within the scope of WikiProject Microsoft, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles relating to Microsoft on Wikipedia. Microsoft : Windows B‑class Top‑importance This article is of interest to the following WikiProjects: Delete, 6 February 2008 (UTC), see discussion.Delete, 7 June 2009 (UTC), see discussion.Redirect to History of Microsoft Windows#Windows 8, 24 October 2009 (UTC), see discussion.Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination: If you can improve it, please do it may then be renominated. There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. Windows 8 was nominated as a Engineering and technology good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (April 27, 2023, reviewed version).
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