Windows 7 Acquisition and Usage in 2016
I'm working on a plan to purchase a pre-built Windows machine in the next 3-4 weeks. Years ago, I would have built something from scratch, but have been out of the game for almost 15 years and just don't have it in me to go that route.
After revewing plenty of "prospective" pre-builts, I have a lot of "general" questions. Here is my Windows 7 question.
I hate Windows 8, and don't really like Windows 10. Because I work from home and want a stable OS that I can navigate as a power user, I want to run Windows 7 Professional grade OS, or even Windows 7 Ultimate, should I be so lucky to aqcuire.
Most of the machines I have been looking at come with either Windows 8 or 10, and my plan is buy a crappy 1 license version of Windows 7 to install in place of what comes on the machine I buy. I'm aware that at this point, an OEM install is probably unavoidable.
So my question is, what are the pitfalls of installing (or downgrading to) Windows 7 on these newer machines.
I don't think it really matters, but here are some specifics of the type of machine I am looking to buy and also upgrade:
Ram: at least 12 gigs out of the box
Video - 2 video cards, probably going to be NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or something in that general range
CPU: Intel Core i5 or i7
Machine Usage: Medium to Heavy (Video Streaming, Photoshop, Video Rendering, some medium end Gaming) Machine will be turned on and very active 16 hours a day. I don't need to a machine to play the very latest high end games, but I'd like to be able to play some of the titles that I keep hearing about. Skyrim, maybe?
I'd appreciate any feedback you all here on Toms Forum can provide. I'm savvy, but haven't a purchased a new machine since 2006.
I'm working on a plan to purchase a pre-built Windows machine in the next 3-4 weeks. Years ago, I would have built something from scratch, but have been out of the game for almost 15 years and just don't have it in me to go that route.
After revewing plenty of "prospective" pre-builts, I have a lot of "general" questions. Here is my Windows 7 question.
I hate Windows 8, and don't really like Windows 10. Because I work from home and want a stable OS that I can navigate as a power user, I want to run Windows 7 Professional grade OS, or even Windows 7 Ultimate, should I be so lucky to aqcuire.
Most of the machines I have been looking at come with either Windows 8 or 10, and my plan is buy a crappy 1 license version of Windows 7 to install in place of what comes on the machine I buy. I'm aware that at this point, an OEM install is probably unavoidable.
So my question is, what are the pitfalls of installing (or downgrading to) Windows 7 on these newer machines.
I don't think it really matters, but here are some specifics of the type of machine I am looking to buy and also upgrade:
Ram: at least 12 gigs out of the box
Video - 2 video cards, probably going to be NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or something in that general range
CPU: Intel Core i5 or i7
Machine Usage: Medium to Heavy (Video Streaming, Photoshop, Video Rendering, some medium end Gaming) Machine will be turned on and very active 16 hours a day. I don't need to a machine to play the very latest high end games, but I'd like to be able to play some of the titles that I keep hearing about. Skyrim, maybe?
I'd appreciate any feedback you all here on Toms Forum can provide. I'm savvy, but haven't a purchased a new machine since 2006.