Can I downgrade or purchase this with Windows 7 Pro?
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From what i have found it is not possible to downgrade to Windows 7 pro unless you have Windows 8 pro. You can however put windows 7 on this computer but you could void your warranty in the process depending on Lenovo and you will have to format the disk which will cause you to loose your recovery partition. So if your absolutely positive you do not want Windows 8 you can do this. I recommend installing all windows 8 updates first, after that you can go into your Intel program and update your drivers from there. Lastly update your NVIDIA driver via the website which can detect what you have. I have not had any problems since doing it this order. I do not have Windows 8.1. From what i have found it is not possible to downgrade to Windows 7 pro unless you have Windows 8 pro. You can however put windows 7 on this computer but you could void your warranty in the process depending on Lenovo and you will have to format the disk which will cause you to loose your recovery partition. So if your absolutely positive you do not want Windows 8 you can do this. I recommend installing all windows 8 updates first, after that you can go into your Intel program and update your drivers from there. Lastly update your NVIDIA driver via the website which can detect what you... » Read More From what i have found it is not possible to downgrade to Windows 7 pro unless you have Windows 8 pro. You can however put windows 7 on this computer but you could void your warranty in the process depending on Lenovo and you will have to format the disk which will cause you to loose your recovery partition. So if your absolutely positive you do not want Windows 8 you can do this. I recommend installing all windows 8 updates first, after that you can go into your Intel program and update your drivers from there. Lastly update your NVIDIA driver via the website which can detect what you have. I have not had any problems since doing it this order. I do not have Windows 8.1. « Show Less
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I believe that it´s possible, but I preffered upgrade to Windows 8.1 Spanish free-of-charge without problems... Good luck!
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Yes, It's the first thing I did. Lenovo has added windows 7 drivers on their website. I removed the factory hard drive and replaced it with a 7200 rpm western digital black. The only issues I have is that the device manager shows 2 unknown usb devices but I can't seem to find any non or under functioning features/components. All in all I'm very pleased, especially with the price as compared to similarly equipped other brands.
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It can be downgraded to Windows 7. Since this can hold two hard drives I have Windows 8.1 on one and Windows 7 Professional on the other.
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It will come with Windows 7. All downgrade rights means is that Microsoft has authorized HP (in this case) to pre-load Windows 7 on this machine from the factory. Also, it will come with a copy of Windows 8 that will enable you to upgrade without having to purchase a new license.
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came with window 7 pro pre-installed, and with a windows 8 disk - I assume there's a downgrade license from window 8 to windows 7 - not sure otherwise
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Operating System: Windows 7 Professional Upgradable to Windows 8 ProOperating System Architecture: 64-bit
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No. It has Windows 7 Pro. You would own the license to Windows 8 Pro and could install that as well, but comes loaded with Windows 7 Pro.
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You will not be able to upgrade your current version of Windows. The product key resides in the BIOS which allows it to operate as a licensed machine. Any attempt to go to Microsoft for added features or upgrade will result in Microsoft asking for the product key which you will not be able to get. If you need it, the only way is to purchase another copy from Microsoft or potentially go through Samsung but I haven't tried that yet. Cheers.
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Mine all came with win 7 pro out of the box, but i Think you can inlace upgrade not sure though.
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It comes with Windows 7 Professional pre-installed, but you can upgrade it to Windows 8 Pro via its disc.
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the unit I received boots up with windows 8 so it would have to do the downgrade
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Sadly not. I'm sorry. But downgrading to Windows 7 should boost your speed considerably.
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I requested Windows7-Pro 32 bit. It would have shipped with any OS I wanted, just make it clear what OS you want to the supplier.
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It's windows 8 No, it's completely free to upgrade to the 8.1 version, not sure whether professional or not, but i upgraded it
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You can switch to Windows 7 if you want, but that requires that you have an install disc and it will require that you hunt down compatible drivers otherwise it won't come close to peak performance.
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Yes, but I would suggest a complete format, nor will the downgrade be free. This may cause compatibility issues with the provided Lenovo software, which I find incredibly useful, so I might suggest buying from a retailer that provides the option for Windows 7 already installed.
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Did you try using your Win7Pro serial with the Anytime Upgrade? I don't know if it would work, but it's certainly worth a try, and I would think would leave you with a much cleaner "install" than actually installing the OS over a lower-grade version.
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You can upgrade, but you will lose your system settings and programs. This is assuming you have an x64 system. Honesty I would recommend backing up your personal data and any paid programs serials codes to an external drive and do a fresh install. Without ever using Win7 you will have to get used to the transitions to Win8. Last of all, if you have an older PC, it might be worth while to upgrade to a new x64 system that comes with Win8. You would surprised how much $500 can get you. Hope this was helpful. Feel free to reply with any other questions.