So service packs are dead
So near to Windows 8's EOL (it can't come soon enough) someone with a new system will need to update to 8.1, then 8.1 Update 1, then download about 900 patches, sorry, updates followed by Classic Shell.
No problem for enterprise though, it's another reason just to stick with Windows 7... forever.
What's going on inside MS? Does anyone know? Do they know?