can I install others OS?
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I have not tried to install other OS but since it is a touchscreen, Windows 8 works quite well.
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You should be able to install it on as many computers as you want... there is no license limit on it like OS software.
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While I don't run another OS from it, I don't see why not? just hold down the "Option" key while booting and select it as the boot drive, but in truth I'd check with Apple's KB about running Boot Camp from an external drive.
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I got two OS install disks, a 32-bit version and a 64-bit version. Installed the 64-bit with little trouble. I received a tower.
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The OS on this unit is actually going to be Win7 PRO 64bit. Please let us know if you have any other questions. Thank You, ServerMonkey
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Once installed, you will have to load an operating system (Windows Vista,7,8 so on).Hope that helps, good day.
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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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Will you be able to? Yes. Apple provides you with Boot Camp to allow you to install other OS's on the system. However, you might be stuck having a partition of the hard drive (partition meaning taking one harddrive and "sectioning" it into different slices that are viewed as different "virtual" drives) since Apple uses a different way of booting their system than standard PCs use. Also, you might not be able to use the "Arrow Glass" GUI features in Vista because of the embedded Intel graphics. If that's important to you, and you want to go with Apple hardware, you might want to look at the MacBook Pro as they have a dedicated graphics controller. Hope that helps. Will you be able to? Yes. Apple provides you with Boot Camp to allow you to install other OS's on the system. However, you might be stuck having a partition of the hard drive (partition meaning taking one harddrive and "sectioning" it into different slices that are viewed as different "virtual" drives) since Apple uses a different way of booting their system than standard PCs use. Also, you might not be able to use the "Arrow Glass" GUI features in Vista because of the embedded Intel graphics. If that's important to you, and you want to go with Apple hardware,... » Read More Will you be able to? Yes. Apple provides you with Boot Camp to allow you to install other OS's on the system. However, you might be stuck having a partition of the hard drive (partition meaning taking one harddrive and "sectioning" it into different slices that are viewed as different "virtual" drives) since Apple uses a different way of booting their system than standard PCs use. Also, you might not be able to use the "Arrow Glass" GUI features in Vista because of the embedded Intel graphics. If that's important to you, and you want to go with Apple hardware, you might want to look at the MacBook Pro as they have a dedicated graphics controller. Hope that helps. « Show Less
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I would assume yes, but I don't know. If you look at the specificationsit must tell you what operating systems are compatible.
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Sorry about that ! You could run install but it will only register on one computer. They nail you over $200.0 for a two computer software.
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You can try but you may get an error message saying you are trying to install an earlier version of windows on a later version, but it's worth a try.
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I'd guess that you can. (So far, I've only needed to do one each with each kit (32-bit and 64-bit). I cannot say whether or not you may (i.e., whether there are licensing restrictions). My PCs are for my personal use. I'm less concerned than if I were using them commercially.
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You can install and run on one computer at a time. License issues. Need to get separate software to run on another computer.
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No, their should be a generic driver built in to the Operating system of whatever you are installing it in. Then a proper driver can be downloaded and installed after the fact.
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Yes you can install any application that currently installs to win7. The interface is the exact same.
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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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you can install it on how ever many computers you want...but the goodies are account bound. (P.S) I would highly recommend using the online downloader, the disks are SERIOUSLY outdated at this point.