For example, Windows 8 Mainstream support ends and Windows 7 Mainstream support ends, all this means that the older OS will shorten the lifecycle support of the product. What I mean is that moving back to a previous version of the operating system will inherit the licensing terms and support lifecycle of the old OS. Considerationsĭowngrading is only good as long there is support for it.
If you do your homework and shop around your favorite retail stores or online e.g., Amazon, you’ll still find great deals on Windows 7 PCs. Knowing first hand that you don’t want to deal with Windows 8, purchasing a PC preinstalled with Windows 7 can save you many problems - not that the OS is the problem here –. Other companies have ridicules rules such as, Yes! You can install an older version of Windows as long you buy a new Windows 7 license and so on… Be sure Also each computer manufacture deals with downgrades differently for instance, HP only supports downgrading in new Windows 8 Pro PCs, which happens to be Microsoft’s policy as well. It will all depend where and when you buy your new Windows 8 PC. One thing worth pointing out is that there is a price difference between Windows 8 (core) and Windows 8 Pro (business), last which is more expensive, up to $100 difference in some cases. This is nothing new, we all know that most companies will try to make it a very tedious process, that way you stay with the OS you already bought. The catch is that it is not a straightforward process, everything involves time and jumping through hopes. However, this only covered folks with an earlier version of the operating system, but how about those users who just purchased a brand new PC, right? The good news is that if you bought a PC preinstalled with Windows 8 Pro (the business version), you have the downgrade rights to install Windows 7 free. In a previous article, I showed you how to rollback to Windows 7 if you upgraded to Win 8. As a result we are starting to see many users wanting to downgrade to Windows 7. Even though these are great improvements, some people are finding these changes challenging and hard to figure out, making them get into a learning curve that they may not want to embark right at this time. It brings improved support for multi-monitor support, faster boot time and the new option to sign-in using a Microsoft account are just a few out of hundreds other changes inside the new OS. Windows 8 is a touch-first operating system and it is always connected to the cloud. Compared to Windows 7 or any other previous version, Windows 8 brings a radical shift to the way we interact with computers moving forward with many new features and a complete overhauled interface (the new Modern UI).
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