can i downgrade its os to windows 7?
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Yes you will just have to format the drive and install a new copy of 7. Make sure before you do that you have all the Samsung drivers
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You could by a license for Windows 7, reformat the primary drive, and then install the OS. Windows 8 is just another Vista in my opinion.
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I was told by Samsung that Win 8 is burned into the Motherboard and you cannot, BUT!I was also told by a local PC maker that they do it all the time. When I get time, I am going to have it donehere locally. I have Win 7 loaded on a SSD drive ready to go. Check around your area for smart People thatbuild custom PC's and they should be able to do it for you at a minimal cost.
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I don't know if it can, best bet is to buy the real version of windows 7. My computer 2010 toshiba laptop rejected the boot because it was not a real version of the windows 7 program
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Pete is absolutely wrong. YES you can upgrade the operating system. You will have to back up all of your data that you do not want to loose. You will have to create a bootable install disk or USB. You can even install windows on the system if you like, which is what I would do.
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From Vista (32 bit) you should be able to upgrade and everything will transfer over. Your system should meet all the minimum requirements for Win 7 if it was running Vista, check this page http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/system-requirements to make sure. If you buy this and find it won't upgrade, you won't totally lose the value of buying Windows 7 as you can also do a 'clean' install that would require you to reinstall Office and others. However, you should backup your important files before you upgrade, just to be safe.
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I have a laptop with Windows 7 and one with Windows 8. Both operating systems work nicely, IMO. Windows 7 seems to be a bit faster, but I prefer the look of Windows 8. As for how to downgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 7, you would need to reformat your PC and install a Windows 7 disc.
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Yes you can , although it will take up more space on your hardrive, it is not necessary to install windows 7 as vista will work well, but if you desire windows seven there would be no problem.
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Sadly not. I'm sorry. But downgrading to Windows 7 should boost your speed considerably.
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I don't think you can, but I've read that you can uninstall windows 8 and install windows 7
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Unless its been removed. HP shipped with Win 8. What I'm wondering is if Win 7 would hobble the performance of the machine? [Yeah, I would downgrade]
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I do not know that you can swap out 8 to 7, But check out the updated Windows 8.1, as it will be nearly the same as 7. I have not done this yet as I am liking the 8 version now. I do know that you will love this computer as I have had mine for many months now.
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Hello J. Deutsch, Thanks for your interest! The computer has Windows 8 pre-installed on it. We only sell used items, and we do not have a way to uninstall operating systems. You may be able to take the customer somewhere to have this done, but we are not 100% sure. Sorry we couldn't be of more help.
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Both of your questions, the answer is yes. I have even upgraded the OS from Win7 to Win8.1
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I ordered mine installed with Windows 7 ("downgrade" option). It came with disks for both operating systems and (I think) disks for recovering both operating systems.
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Yes, just make sure to back up everything that you have currently and order the full version of windows 7. I upgraded from XP to Windows 7 by just putting the disk in my disk drive and replacing the OS completely. Hope this helps :)
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Yes, and FYI, you can always downgrade but not upgrade. 32 bit programs will run on a 64 bit system while 64 bit programs will NOT run on a 32 bit system.
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I am hoping someone will answer this question as "Windows 8" is the worst OS I have encounter and will not purchase another laptop without the option to revert to 7.
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To change the OS on this machine, you would need to purchase a separate copy of Windows 7. Barebone machines usually consist of only the case, motherboard, and power supply.