The description says this model comes with Windows 7 installed. Does it also come with a free Windows 8.1 upgrade option?
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Negative. These are 2 completely different systems. You can't upgrade from 7 to 8 for free. If it had Windows 8 installed, then you could easily upgrade to 8.1.
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Dear Shaina, This item comes with windows 8.1. I hope this helps and have a nice day!Sincerely,Andy King
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Mine came with windows 8. I removed it and installed 7. Made the mistake of reinstalling 8.1 and still hate it.
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It comes with Windows 8 but it will send you alerts to upgrade to Windows 8.1
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Pretty sure shipped unit will come with windows 7 unless the seller installed windows 8 themselves onto the machine for you.
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The current (5/30/14) version on Amazon is advertised as being configured with Windows 7 Home Premium. It had better come with that I just ordered it and I really don't like W8. I bought a W8 laptop for my nieces birthday and set it up for her then she loaded 8.1 and a lot of system changed.
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No. It comes with Windows 8.0 installed. You can download the upgrade to 8.1 from the Windows store.
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Simple answer is no, it only comes with Windows 8. Nothing stopping you installing windows 7 youself if you already have a license though. Toshiba does not offer a downgrade option to Windows 7 for PCs purchased with this version of Windows 8. On the plus side, Windows 8.1 is a free upgrade coming end of June, which will rectify alot of the things about windows 8 that were annoying users. I would not want Windows 8, but 8.1 looks tolerable!
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I received this laptop on 6/10/2014 and it has Windows 8.1 installed. Just thought I should update the answer to this question since other people may be viewing this (I did before I bought it and made sure that it had what the tech specs said... 8.1) and would need to read a more recent answer since this machine probably did have Windows 8 instead of 8.1 when you asked the question. :)
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It comes with Windows 8 and you can get a free update to 8.1. Honestly I wasn't all that crazy about Win 8, BUT once I got it, it didn't take that long to get used to it, and with a few tweaks, you can make it work more like Win 7 or before, there is a free program called Classic Shell http://www.classicshell.net/ that works great for making Win 8 look and work more like previous versions. The biggest issue is not having a start button on the desktop, and loading up in the apps menu instead of the desktop, this program takes care of that.Wretha
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I think windows 7 is preinstalled but you are allowed to upgrade it to windows 8 for free. So when you boot it up the first time you will have win 7
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Mine was windows 8. Upgrade to 8.1 was free and easy. Most articles I've read say the upgrade to Windows 10 (looks like Microsoft is skipping 9.0) will be free as well.
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To my knowledge it only comes with Windows 8. We bought ours a couple yrs ago and 8 was all it was loaded with.
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Windows 8.1 upgrade is free. You will be asked to upgrade once you get your laptop up and running. You CAN upgrade to Win 8.1 Pro if you want...that will cost you on the upgrade fee through Microsoft thou.
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Windows 8.1; even if it was Windows 8, you get free upgrades to the latest Windows 8.x
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The one I ordered came with 8.1. It included a copy of MS Office. The windows8.1 Pro version does not include the office software
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It comes pre-loaded with Windows 7. Included in the package are Windows 8 discs, so that if you want to install Windows 8, you have the option.