Can you buy new laptops with Window 7

NiftyDigits

Marked 2GB version of the above Medion £179.99

All with 12 month warranty.

Richard_T_

Novatech sell laptops without any operating system installed, you can choose no operating system, or various windows 7/windows 8 options.

bsms1147

In theory you can buy a laptop with Windows 8 and claim a refund for the Windows 8 licence if you uninstall it. Then use that money to buy a Windows 7 licence.

Long-winded route but possible.

Johnmcl7

NiftyDigits wrote: »

OP wants XP mode.

XP mode is just a VM, it wasn't anywhere near as well implemented as Microsoft initially claimed it would be in terms of integration and given the OP's post implies they're not very technical, I'm not sure the XP mode will be of use to them. It is possible to run it under Windows 8 including migrating the XP license.

John

Jivesinger

Johnmcl7 wrote: »

XP mode is just a VM, it wasn't anywhere near as well implemented as Microsoft initially claimed it would be in terms of integration and given the OP's post implies they're not very technical, I'm not sure the XP mode will be of use to them. It is possible to run it under Windows 8 including migrating the XP license.

John

You'd need to go out and buy an extra XP licence to do that in Windows 8.

XP Mode within Windows 7 (as long as you get the right version) doesn't need the extra licence.

NiftyDigits

bsms1147 wrote: »

In theory you can buy a laptop with Windows 8 and claim a refund for the Windows 8 licence if you uninstall it. Then use that money to buy a Windows 7 licence.

Long-winded route but possible.

You are mad if you think that you will get a refund that will reflect the price of a Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate licence.

macman

Just use W8 and bung Classic Shell on it. There is nothing major wrong with W8 that the 8.1 update won't fix in a month or so. That will put the Start screen back on, which is what most people miss the most.

NiftyDigits

macman wrote: »

Just use W8 and bung Classic Shell on it. There is nothing major wrong with W8 that the 8.1 update won't fix in a month or so. That will put the Start screen back on, which is what most people miss the most.

The OP wants to run XP programs via XP Mode.

I_have_spoken

Windows 7 and 8 both have compatibility mode for older programs, just select in the properties

NiftyDigits

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Windows 7 and 8 both have compatibility mode for older programs, just select in the properties

Indeed, but not everything will work. XP Mode just give another layer of possibilities.