Is the Acer R7 if bought from Amazon, elibible for the free upgrade from Microsoft to Windows 8.1 from Windows 8 that other websites have stated?
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8.1 crashes unexpectedly. Not even the computer geeks know why, yet. fyi. Might want to wait till that gets fixed
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I have installed (custom/clean install) and now running Windows 7 Professional 64bit on 2 acer 1410 Core 2 solo laptops (mine and wifey's), also added 2 gb RAM (total 4gb RAM now). Both worked without downloading any additional drivers from Acer website. Just need to get the driver for the Synaptics touch pad to get the added funtion of dragging/magnify/scroll by using the touch pad. I was skeptic before..see my earlier post but installed 64bit (thanks to Microsoft for $29 Win7 Pro 64bit Student discount) vs the 32bit free upgrade...my $300 laptop is more like a $600 AS1810 version now!
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I installed the Developer Preview of Windows 8 (32 bit). All of the Acer drivers seem to be compatible. It took a while to download all of them from the support website and install them, but after doing so and installing the required applications, it runs really smooth and has a very "touch friendly" interface. One thing I dislike is that my folio cover prevents some of the swipe gestures necessary for Win8. I've had a couple of random shut downs and a few program crashes (i.e. Mobipocket Reader gives me some problems [also you can't easily exit full screen mode without the keyboard dock]). The onscreen keyboard is substantially better in Win8. Some of the metro apps are either buggy or just incompatible. There is a game called Labyrinth that doesn't seem to do anything at all. The "Socializer" gets stuck in Facebook login mode forever. All that said, I will be purchasing Windows 8 as soon as it comes out for my Acer W500. It is so much easier to use than Win 7 with the touch and boots in 8 - 13 seconds.
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You can get it with Windows 7 Home Premium, it is model 2311 (as opposed to this model with Windows 8, 2310). If you need the features of Windows 7 Pro, you can buy the "anytime upgrade" from Microsoft, although it's prohibitively expensive. Occasionally they sell on eBay for ~$40. If you live near a MicroCenter, they have the 2311 model for $350.
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The new machine came with Windows 8.1 installed, but it was not Windows 8.1 Pro. All I did was buy the Pro upgrade and install it. The upgrade is not a CD. All you get is serial number that you enter during the upgrade process. So you have a choice, buy the serial number on line and get it immediately or buy the serial number that comes in the box and upgrade after receiving the box.
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After having a dell for many years and making a change I'm not impressed with your machine. It's operating is not user friendly. To answer your question NO. I would never bought an Acer if I had tried it before I bought it.
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It looks that way: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2873214/windows-10-will-be-a-free-upgrade-for-windows-7-and-8-users.html
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Mine was windows 8. Upgrade to 8.1 was free and easy. Most articles I've read say the upgrade to Windows 10 (looks like Microsoft is skipping 9.0) will be free as well.
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Because amazon reused the heading form when this computer DID come with 7. Now that everything is 8 or 8.1. They had to change the tech specs.... windows 8 is an ok system. But 8.1 is more user friendly.
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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'll need to buy Windows 8 professional if you want to have a downgrade license, you /cannot/ downgrade this out of the box. You can buy this with Windows 7, but not from this vendor, check in the 'x new and used from x dollars' section, look through the details. You'd also need to buy or have a copy of Windows 7. The windows 8 pro upgrade is $25 through Amazon. I'm not a Windows 8 afficionado, as a matter of fact I almost didn't get this computer even though it was on sale for only $700, simply because it had Windows 8. However, after using it, and changing it to boot to desktop instead of the 'Metro' menu, I have to say I almost prefer it to Windows 7, because of the improved explorer (pause file transfers, individual file comparison with all meta data, etc.) and task manager (... no words really, it's just much better in every way) plus the fact that this is the first and only version of Windows I've been able to run all my software on (Roller coaster Tycoon, Crysis 2 and [prototype], and huge amounts of benchmarking, video editing, and virtual machine software). I have never had all that software successfully running on the same box, even with VMs and compatibility fixes. So try it, and if you don't like it, downgrade.
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Yes. Also when you set up your account with Microsoft you can upgrade to 8.1 free
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This system does not come with a downgrade option for Windows 7. You can install any operating system you want, but you would need to make sure you can find Windows 7 drivers for the system. You can find drivers we post online at http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers.
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Mine came with Windows 8 -- BUT -- Amazon has a friendly lady you can call LIVE before you buy (I did--I spent 30 minutes comparing two different ASUS computers). I never thought to specify that I wanted Windows 7. You should call Amazon when you are ready to buy.
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It came with the Win8 std version. But I've already upgraded to 8.1 for free at MS Shop
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It runs out of the box, no purchasing for any upgrades needed.Note - even if incoming upgrade coming (from windows 8 to windows 8.1), it should be free or you can just reject.
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We haven't tested it at the manufacturer level, but we did create an article on how to prepare your system to install another operating system than what came installed, if you would care to look it over: http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29401