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Win7 question
I've never owned an alienware but fancy one as I'd be looking at either the 17 or 18.
Question is, if it comes with Win10 and I want to put Win7 64bit on it, whats the best/easiest way? I'm not very techy when it comes to this sort of thing. Incase I need to put the original Windows on, would it be better to swap out the drives?
Cheers
ejn63
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July 5th, 2016 15:00
Unless you absolutely have no other choice, install Classic Shell atop Windows 10 and it'll give you all the 7 interface features you want, for far less trouble.
Otherwise - yes, either image the existing drive or install another ones for 7 so you can easily swap back.
Some things you will lose by downgrading:
Hours if not days of your life doing security updates.
NVMe support.
Support for energy management in Skylake CPUs
(among other things).
radar130
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July 6th, 2016 00:00
Thanks Emn63, I'll give the classic she'll a try
radar130
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July 6th, 2016 00:00
Thanks Emn63, I'll give the classic shell a try