How difficult is it to "tame" Windows 8 to look and function similar to 7? I'm an older Windows 7 guy and a previous netbook I had w/8 drove me nuts
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Thanks VERY much. You answered my question completely and gave some further useful/necessary info about what to do. And, not lastly, I understood!
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The HP Pavilion comes with Windows 8.1 so if you click the Desktop tile you will be in your familiar desktop environment. Also if you do not like the Windows 8 start menu look you can by an app called Start8 at the website stardock.com it cost about $5. and then you can configure the start menu to look and work exactly like the start menu in windows 7 . Also you can set your tablet to boot up straight to the desktop and bypass the start (tiles) screen all together. This product is an exceptional buy. I have had if for about a month and am very happy with the purchase.
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My machine shipped with Windows 8. I am running Classic Shell (free, download.com) which will give you a choice of looking like Windows Classic, Win XP or Win 7 when you boot up. Helps with the learning curve.
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I wish, windows 8 is annoying. There are things about it that are more confusing then helpful. Disable the features and you should be able to enjoy your experience.
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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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Not sure if you can downgrade it...but I can tell you this is an AWESOME machine! I would suggest getting this and learning Window 8...it is a bit of a pain to learn...but you'll soon discover that Window 8 is not as bad or as difficult as you might have thought and actually helps things work faster. Hope that helps you out.
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Is it compatible with only windows eight desktop computer? I don't understand running windows 7 and 8 on the same computer.
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I had to order it special with windows 7. seems like everything comes with windows 8 now, but there are plenty of units with 7. I wanted 7 because of poor reports about 8 and was told it would be compatiable with all my apps that use Vista. Not True, 7 still took some getting used to.
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I would like to know the answer to that myself. Do not like windows 8 at all.
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I have no idea. I got this one because it had Windows 7 and I did not want 8!
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I am not sure what it was really, but a computer engineer set it up and it had way too many problems. It was Windows 8 that was converted to Windows 7. Was shipped back yesterday. I went out & bought a Windows 8.1 64-bit & had someone else set the page to look like xp or windows 7. It works great and no problems.
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I have not tried, but that is an option I have considered. I definitely think Windows 7 would work better than 8 on this machine because 7 is a "lighter" operating system (doesn't take as much to run it). I think Linux would be even better, I am just not sure if Linux has all the drivers.
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No the Windows 8 system just makes it look like it is. It is a standar laptop. Still love it though.
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I have Windows 8 and had zero issues with it so Windows 7 should be fine :]
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No, the OS is windows 8, but you can simulate windows 7 on the desktop. That is why I decided to keep it as is.
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I do not know that you can swap out 8 to 7, But check out the updated Windows 8.1, as it will be nearly the same as 7. I have not done this yet as I am liking the 8 version now. I do know that you will love this computer as I have had mine for many months now.
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I had no problems with Win 7, did not try Win 8- it started to malfunction and I have not analyzed the problem yet- realized I was not going to use it as much because even with three screens(laptop and two others I can only really have two in content
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I am not handy with computers, I thought windows 8 wouldn't be a big deal. It is a royal pain in the ass. I would avoid having it on my computer if possible. My son put windows 7 on my computer, and it is working alright. I don't know how hard that was for him to do. But I do like Lenovo computers. and I think the computer itself is good.