Digital Trends – Documents briefly posted to Hewlett-Packardâs Web site indicate Microsoft may be considering offering Windows 8 to the public in fewer editions (or SKUs, short for stock-keeping unit) that it current does with Windows 7âeven though Windows 8 will be expanding onto a whole new platform with ARM. First spotted by ZDNetâs Stephen Chapman, the documents have since been pulled from HPâs site, but seemed to indicate Microsoft may be ditching the little-loved âBasicâ editions of Windows in favor of three tracks aimed at consumers, enterprise users, and high-end professionals: