Windows 8 with purchase of new computer

Shop by Brand. See All - Shop by Brand. Shop by Storage Type. All Auction Buy It Now. View: Gallery View. Processor Intel Core i5 4th Gen. Intel Celeron Intel Core i7 4th Gen. Intel Core i5 3rd Gen. Buying Format All Listings filter applied. Benefits charity. HP ProDesk G2. Thanks, Shawn. After doing some light reading on the subject, I read that you first have to unrigester the old computer from 8. This is a little more complicated, I think. If what you have is an upgrade copy of 8.

In reply to JimWynne's post on March 12, It was giving to me by DreamSpark. Since I am studying right now, they gave me some software that I could use. This is what it says it the receipt " Microsoft Windows 8.

In reply to GabrielEscudero's post on March 12, That appears to be a retail version, so you should be OK so long as it's removed from the old PC. When you say removed, do you mean just doing a factory reset to the old computer? You don't need to do anything to "un-link" it from the old computer, just uninstall it so it's never used in more than one place. But as you said, if it's an update version, the computer you install it on will need a qualifying version of Windows on it to upgrade from.

You can clean install from an upgrade disk you're only required to have the license for a qualifying version, it doesn't actually have to be installed. The number of Dell OptiPlex and high-performance Precision desktops equipped with Windows 7 were just as plentiful. However, we spotted only one budget-friendly, midrange Inspiron with Windows 7. The offerings ranged from underpowered laptops running Windows 7 Home Premium to expensive midrange ThinkPad models.

Navigating BestBuy. And did I mention that some PC builders refuse to support boxed consumer computers that have been downgraded to Windows 7? Though businesses tend to use Windows 7 rather than Windows 8, but I digress. Nevertheless, downgrading has its upsides over simply nuking Windows 8 and installing a fresh copy of Windows 7.

Namely, you can upgrade back to Windows 8 at no cost if you change your mind in the future. Those systems are out there.