You can find comparable Windows 8 machines for around $100 to $200 more. Amazon, for example, is selling a limited number of 15.6-inch Samsung laptops featuring a 2.4 GHz Intel Core i3-2370M processor, 6GB RAM, a 750 GB HDD, and 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium for $500.īest Buy has a 14-inch Asus laptop with a 2.3Ghz Intel Pentium processor, 4GB RAM, a 320GB HDD, and 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium for $300. Second, even though Microsoft and its partners are pushing Windows 8, you can still find Windows 7 machines for sale on Amazon, Best Buy, and Dell, to name a few locations. Others are concerned about incompatibility issues with legacy software. Some businesses don’t want to suffer the training costs associated with rolling out a new OS to employee workstations. Microsoft offers a downgrade path mostly for enterprise and small business PC users who may not be ready to use the new version of Windows.
This contradicts pretty much everything Microsoft has ever posted online about downgrade rights.īut after scouring Microsoft’s online support pages, checking out real-world downgrade experiences on various forums, and then confirming the process with Microsoft’s press team, we can now share the truth about how downgrades work for anyone with a PC running Windows 8 Pro. Another representative said a Windows 7 disc image would be built into new Windows 8 Pro machines.
If not provided by Hatteland Technology the system shall be handled as if the system was delivered without Microsoft® OS installed prior to any ordering request (transforms to Add OS).ĭuring Downgrade, Upgrade or Change OS customer must ensure backup of important data prior to booting any of the options above, as in all situations the entire storage device is "reset" back to factory default erasing any other data on the storage device.A Dell representative said that to downgrade from Windows 8, you needed to buy a new, unused copy of Windows 7-thus making the whole point of having downgrade rights pointless. Note: Downgrade or Upgrade is only possible if the current Microsoft® OS was provided by Hatteland Technology initially. Please contact your Microsoft Representative for details.Īll kits contains License sticker and USB Memory Stick with image. Add of Microsoft® OS for products that was delivered without Microsoft® OS initially. Replace Windows® XP Pro SP3 with Windows® 7 Pro SP1). Change to OS with newer release date vs currently installed OS (E.g.
Replace Windows® EMB Industry Pro 8.1 with Windows® 7 Pro SP1) Change to OS with older release date vs currently installed OS.
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