jaygsi

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Dual Operating System - Windows 7 Pro installed with Windows 8 Pro License and System Restore included

Been looking for a new laptop and seen one adveised with this, googled it but not found info i need, is it basicly 7 and 8 running together?

jaygsi

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I think i've worked it out now, windows 7 with windows 8 licence

An0n0m0us

Dual boot means you have a choice at start up to boot into either operating system. The hard drive has been partitioned so that Win7 is on one partition and Win 8 on a 2nd partition and there is a boot menu allowing you to select which one to boot into.

stevebt

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What's the point of booting into two separate versions of windows especially when you have Windows 7 pro on. You will get sick of the computer booting into the wrong operating system if your not picking it at the exact same time you boot up.

jaygsi

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In the ad it says windows 7 pro, windows 8 licence. I'd prefer windows 7, seen a few videos on YouTube on how to downgrade to 7

An0n0m0us

In that case it's not dual booted. The OS that came with the PC was Windows 8 and that is the license sticker that is on the machine. He has installed Windows 7 on it and wiped 8 off it however you would need to own a valid Win 7 license to carry on using it legally. What you are getting with the PC is a Windows 8 license. He is just ponting that out to cover his ar$e.

jaygsi

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Its a company thats selling it. Just wondering what to go for. At windows 8 is pants.

An0n0m0us

Windows 8.1 is excellent. I hated Windows 8 however the two are a million miles apart. 8.1 configured correctly is the best OS from Microsoft to date and the way 10 is going that will be even better. Having been on 8.1 for some time now I couldn't go back to using 7, it's slow and clunky in comparison.

jaygsi

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Whats the difference between 8 and 8.1?

An0n0m0us

Absolutely massive difference, see here for a read of it:

http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/windows-...d-to-know-faq/
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-...1161745/review

The biggest improvements for those who knocked it so much were a start button being added and the fact you could boot straight to desktop instead of the tiles screen known as Metro.

With a free 3rd party start menu that looks just the same as Windows 7 you could have Windows 8.1 boot straight to desktop and use it like it was Windows 7 with the benefit that it is much faster than Windows 7, more stable and has very good built in recovery features.

It also boots extremely quickly due to a different method now used where it's basically a modified hibernation file.

I find the integration of Onedrive (formerly Skydrive) excellent as I use this as my backup solution now.

I just wouldn't go back to using Windows 7 now.

jaygsi

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Cheers for info, the thing i don't get is why make the titles so big, and why bother at all, there basically windows just bigger lol