I bought an HP laptop from Walmart and have a program that makes it feel like Win 7. That said, from what I understand (I spoke with HP), they are planning a release of new ones with Win7 due to the dislike of Win8. You may want to call and check on that.
If I had not done that, I would have gone to Costco. You have 90 days to try it out. Either you end up adjusting or you return it. Sometimes, they used to have some Win7 units there. Also, you can call Best Buy to see if they have any. with Costco, though, it is nice to have the 90 days return and the double warranty.
Thanx ... no Costco around here, but I do have BestBuy
No one should fear buying a Windows 8 computer which has the main problem of no start button plus when you boot up you don't see the traditional Windows desktop
All you have to do is download and install a free program that will give you back the desktop and start button. Been there and done this.
Here is one of those programs that make 8 look more like 7 http://download.cnet.com/Start-Menu-8/3000-2072_4-75852660.html There are others
My sister has Windows 8.1 and it’s a nightmare. It regularly removes her eMail program from the desktop and it takes the help desk an hour to find it and put it back. Then, when she turns on the computer again, it’s gone.
It is the opposite of intuitive.
I bought a nice HP tower on sale from WalMart for $498 and I am very happy with it. However, the very last thing I would do is to buy an HP Printer. The LAST thing.
I never could get it to work with Airprint from my iPhone, or even via wireless with one of it’s own wireless laptops!
Even copying something was a paint. They are trash.
I bought an Epson Workforce 545 that is seamless for everything and does airprint and wireless with any laptop or iPhone device.