drsteve wrote:
A heads up to anyone thinking of buying a Win 8 machine and then rolling back to 7: be aware that some hardware is NOT backward compatible (no drivers), and that 8 uses a different BIOS system that can cause problems trying to install 7 on some machines, according to a number of forum posts on geek sites. So if you plan to do this, do your homework before you open your wallet.
Technically, Win 8 doesn't use a different BIOS system but most likely comes installed on newer machines that use UEFI instead of BIOS. To install Win 7 32-bit on newer hardware requires you to change the UEFI settings to use the Legacy boot option. 64-bit Win 7 can be installed using UEFI boot settings.
