Must win 8.1 as SP3?

I just got a new computer for my family for Christmas. I love the transfer of XP SP3, but I keep getting notifications on Win 8.1. I was wondering if I'm supposed to update the same as XP or is it simply an option? I need to ensure full compliance with the manufacturer's warranty, but I wanted to ask here first of all because it is a completely new system, and I was not as in tune with Win 8 under Win XP SP3.  I'll check with them the day after Christmas, but it's the software, not the hardware, it is worth it.

new system is Windows 8 2012 Microsoft Corp., activated December 2013. Lenovo desktop PC 64-bit x 64 Intel 4 G RAM no-touch/no.-Pen, blah-blah-blah. Thank you.

On Tuesday, December 24, 2013 09:51:43 + 0000, RobertThompson_779 wrote:

I just got a new computer for my family for Christmas. I love the transfer of XP SP3, but I keep getting notifications on Win 8.1. I was wondering if I'm supposed to update the same as XP or is it simply an option? I need to ensure full compliance with the manufacturer's warranty, but I wanted to ask here first of all because it is a completely new system, and I was not as in tune with Win 8 under Win XP SP3.  I'll check with them the day after Christmas, but it's the software, not the hardware, it is worth it.

Microsoft has confused a lot of people by changing its nomenclature.
What they used to call a service pack is now called a new version with
a number of points. Windows 8.1 is essentially Windows 8 SP1.

No, this isn't quite a requirement to install it, but as far as I'm
concerned, you should.

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