What is the Operating software? Windows 7 or Windows 8.
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At the time I bought it, it came with Windows 7.If I had the ear of the manufacturer, I'd suggest they stay with Windows 7 since it's not a touch-screen computer and Windows 8 is kind of wasted on machines without a touch-screen interface.
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Windows 8 doesn't do a lot of things. It's not a good operating system just yet, revert to 7.
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I'm sorry I don't use Windows 8. I use Windows 7 and wait until they come out with Windows 9 or 10.
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The one i received stated win 7 and that is what was installed. I did notice that all the documentation on the system was for win8 so i assume that this is a win8 capable machine that was rolled back to win 7 and am very happy with the machine.
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Well, mine came with Windows 7 installed and a disk with Windows 8, if you want to "upgrade" which I did not because older software will not work.
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The one I have has Windows 7. I had the option of 8; however, the software I was running was not stable on 8. This was the summer of '13 and from my understanding 8 had a patch released fall of '13 that was to take care of the issues. Software was AutoCadd.
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Operating System: Windows 7 Professional Upgradable to Windows 8 ProOperating System Architecture: 64-bit
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Operating System: Windows 7, Windows Vista (32/64-bit), Windows XP (32-bit, SP2 or higher)
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It comes with windows 7 preinstalled. If you want 8 you have to recover into 8.
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You'll have to download, so you can download the version of your choice. Your purchase gets you rights to both. No Windows 8 yet.
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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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I have no idea about the difference.I doubt that there is much unless one has special applications. What I do know is that I hate Windows 8.I detest it. I feel,at times, like throwing my new Dell at a wall. I totally hate windows 8 like I've never hated anything else.
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Yes. I used Windows 7 on my machine for it's entire working life. However I'm not sure what WIN8 would do. Godd luck!
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Most Windows 7 applications will work with Windows 8. If you are upgrading from Windows 7 to 8, then you should run the upgrade assistant that will alert you of any programs you have installed that may have a problem running Windows 8.
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64 bit. Works well. Not sure I like Windows 8 but that's they way they all come now.
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probably none. I would've said longer amount of time before they stop supporting win8...but microsoft now keeps coming out with new versions so often, they'll probably dump win8 soon after win7.
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I am not currently using Windows 8. For the applications and software that I am using it is quite good the most recent version of the Windows operating system which I use this device is Windows 7. The oldest operating system in which I use with this device is Windows XP