Windows 8 Pro build 9200 Activation

No, the build tells us whether it's a final Windows, a RP version, a beta, or something else.

Build 9200 is the final (RTM) version of Windows 8.
Build 8400 is the RP of Windows 8.

Build 7600 is the final version of Windows 7 (and 7601 for SP1).
You can check the build by opening a folder, press "alt", then "?", and "About Windows".
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As for version 6.1, it is actually the version of the NT kernel.
There are few developments between the kernel of Vista (6.0) and that of Windows 7 (6.1).
Same with that of Windows 8 (6.2).

On the other hand, the major versions of the NT kernel are those of Windows 2000 (5.0) and Vista (6.0).
Windows XP is just a "small" evolution of Windows 2000 (5.1) and the same goes for Windows 7 (6.1), which is a "small" evolution of Vista (6.0).
MicroSoft hasn't developed the kernel too much (a bit, though ^^), they have mainly developed the "wrapper" around the kernel.

As for the names Windows 7 and 8, those are the commercial names, but not the "real" names of the versions (Windows 7 is more commercial than Windows 6.1 and Windows 8 is more commercial than Windows 6.2).


There you go ;)

Hi

No, RTM version 9200 is the final version, not an evaluation ^^ Basically, it's the one you need to buy.

Yes, the RTM is the final version.

In fact, the RTM is not intended for the general public; it is meant for MSDN subscribers and manufacturers so that they can install Windows on their PCs (these are the famous OEM versions).

The consumer version is the RTM, but it has been burned onto a DVD ("boxed version") or made available for paid download on the MicroSoft website ("final version").

It should be noted that the RTM version was released on August 15, 2012, to give manufacturers (HP, Acer, Asus, etc.) time to install Windows on their PCs, for manufacturers (Intel, AMD, Nvidia, etc.) to release compatible drivers for Windows 8, and for software publishers (Adobe, Dassault Systèmes, etc.) to release compatibility updates for Windows 8 before the official public launch of Windows 8 on October 26, 2012.