Come on!! This is your #1 best seller. It has Windows7!!! Not Windows 8 & only ONE review?? I think these are ones you want most to get rid of!!!
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I hated my Windows 8 laptop so much that I sold it on EBay and bought this one-I'm happy and extremely satisfied again and no longer have to deal with the JUNK Windows 8! Stupid phone apps DO NOT belong on a laptop and I hated having to be logged into a MS account to even use my computer. I do not want my documents, pictures or anything else going to a "cloud" and I do not want MS spying on everything I do with my computer. Windows 8 is one of MS biggest disasters as everyone quickly found out.
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While this isn't a question I will answer anyway. The main reason I purchased this instead of another model is because it has Windows 7 on it. I find Windows 8 to be a bad experience.
45697
I agree. I just returned a windows a laptop today that I bought a few days ago. I didn
45698
Oh, you silly thing. There's a reason Windows 7 is the number 1 seller. Do a little bit of research on the issues with 8.
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To whom it may concern asking the question that you say you hate windows 8.1, delete it off your computer..it was design and made to stress out the consumer buyers with to much complexs in order to keep you spending money to the technicians. It's all a mind game set up for the buyers to fall prey to. Istill use windows X/P ... because its so simple. Go with windows X/P or windows vista which is less confusing and easier to operate. My email is tcbmrt22@yahoo.com if you need me further. OK.. have a blessed day stay safe. Mr. Tee!
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the stupid, useless version of windows on the sony, (older ones) windows 8 doesn't have it. They have a upgrade, but it still sucks! Get an apple
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Windows 8 is a major overhaul to the Windows setup that most people do not like. I specifically bought this computer because I did not want Windows 8. So it is probably Windows 7 because there is still some demand for it out there.
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Mine has windows 7...don't get 8. Not much else..i already had all the software I use like Office and all that so you may need to buy whatever software u need.
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My computer came with Windows 7 Professional as described in the advertisement. I sent a e-mail requesting Windows 7 (Pro) or I wouldn't accept it. They responded via e-mail and said this is a Windows 7 (Pro) computer. Which it was after receiving it. I suggest if you desire Windows 7 than e-mail them prior shipment and they will verify it. They are a good company to deal with and are willing to upgrade or just help out with any question.
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I have not tried to down grade this from Windows 8 to Windows 7 yet. I did a lot of searching of online reviews of this computer, before I bought it. Somewhere I saw someone complained when they down graded it from Windows 8 to Windows 7, and they had a problem with finding drivers for some of the computer components, but I cannot find that review (This may have been on another HP Desktop, but not sure). Best Buy has a lot more reviews on this exact computer, and here is the posted link. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+ENVY+Desktop+-+10GB+Memory+-+1.5TB+Hard+Drive/7479285.p?id=1218847153040&skuId=7479285&strId=468&strClr=true "I was reading some of the review on the best buy website and a couple of them did put Windows 7 on their machines. One was a 3 star review and the second one was a 4 star review. You might want to try and ask the person who posted that review the same question and see if they are happy with the down grade. Also I was shown where to download the Start Button for Windows 8, and this has made my life a lot easier using this computer. Here is the link for the start button for Classic Windows 8. http://www.classicstart8.com/. I'm too chicken to try and down grade the operating system, because this is my only working desktop right now. I did add in a used blue-ray player from my last dead HP Desktop, and I only had to upgrade the Cyberlink PowerDVD software to 13, and the blue-ray works just fine. I hope this helps you out with your question.
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OK. Do these laptops ship with a DVD copy of Windows 7? Some proprietary programs I run are probably not compatible with the 64-bit version and therefore I would need to re-install Windows 7 using the 32-bit version.
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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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Maybe it's not available any more but bought it (from Amazon) with Windows 7 as recently as May of this year (2013). Getting a Windows 7 machine while they were still available was definitely a factor for me in deciding to buy it then rather than later. By the time I need a new computer I figure either Windows 8 will have been either significantly improved or significantly improved. (I avoided Vista the same way, bought an XP machine late in the lifetime of XP, then my next one was Windows 7 which is almost as good as XP....)
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Someone downloaded 8.1 for me and had no problem, but the fact remains than Windows 8 in any form sucks. I've had it for several months now and I still hate it. I've had every version of Windows since Win. 98, and this is the only one I've hated. Getting 8.1 does help some and so I'd say it's worth doing, but the OS is just in general a total mess, IMO.
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When I bought mine last year, one of the major reasons I bought it was because it came with Win 7 instead of Win 8. I had - and still have - no desire to deal with the Win 8 fiasco.
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Because amazon reused the heading form when this computer DID come with 7. Not that everything is 8 or 8.1. They had to change the tech specs.... windows 8 is an ok system. But 8.1 is more user friendly.
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That would be the best thing you could do for your computer and your piece of mind. I feel it is better then Windows 8.
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It is Windows 8. As far as I know 8.1 is only available currently as a Beta. Also, I have read that if you install the Beta and have problems, there is no way to uninstall it without wiping the hard drive clean and reloading the entire Gateway load set and also any user software you added. I don't plan to try 8.1 until it is released. Also, go to Microsoft's site and take a look at the improvements in 8.1 Microsoft has mentioned, many of them have to do with Touch and other features that I am not much interested in for a desktop. So I am not holding my breath on 8.1, but I will try it when official, if I don't switch to Windows 7 first.
618851
I ordered it for my son and wanted Windows 7. The one I ordered was advertised as having such, but it arrived with that terrible Windows 8. Otherwise, it is a very impressive machine. I have seriously considered ordering one for myself.
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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.