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That's what I plan on doing, until 8 is impossible to avoid. End of life for win 7 is likely 2017+. --STeve Andre' On 08/06/12 16:01, David McFarlane wrote: > So, are folks really planning to keep ordering machines with Win7 > instead of Win8 as long as possible, and then reformat Win8 machines > to install Win7 after they can no longer buy machines with Win7? > That's fine, but, depite an earlier comment, it does seem to involve a > lot of "involuntary" action :). > > -- dkm > > > At 8/6/2012 03:51 PM Monday, Gary Schrock wrote: >> We were able to order machines with XP for a long time after Vista >> came out, can't remember if it was all the way up until 7 came out or >> not. Now, you couldn't walk into Best Buy and get a machine without >> Vista (for that matter, I think the home stores of the various PC >> manufactures didn't give the option, I think it was mainly their >> business oriented stores). There were some laptops that I ran into >> that were difficult to get drivers for XP, so that's really what to me >> became the biggest issue. 7 ended up decent enough that one didn't >> really need to avoid it. >> >> I'm guessing MS is going to get the same type of reaction from >> businesses for Win8 as they did for Vista, and get forced to keep Win >> 7 around far longer than they might want to. >> >> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 3:47 PM, David McFarlane <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> > Indeed, but can we ever voluntarily opt out of eventually deploying >> each new >> > version of Windows? Especially when it becomes impossible to order >> new PCs >> > without it? Did we succeed in voluntarily avoiding Vista, or 7? >> > >> > -- dkm >> > >> > >> > At 8/6/2012 03:37 PM Monday, Jon Galbreath wrote: >> >> >> >> It's a voluntary action to run the installer, so yes. >> >> >> >> Jon Galbreath, MCSE >> >> Systems Administrator >> >> International Studies and Programs >> >> Helpdesk: 517-884-2148 >> >> Ph: 517-884-2144 >> >> [log in to unmask] >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: David McFarlane [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >> >> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 3:24 PM >> >> To: [log in to unmask] >> >> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Windows 8 Reaches RTM Milestone >> >> >> >> But will we have any choice? Do we ever? >> >> >> >> -- dkm >> >> (Sorry, late to the party, was gone on vacation) >> >> >> >> >> >> At 8/1/2012 03:10 PM Wednesday, Stehouwer, Matt wrote: >> >> >I would have to 2nd that. >> >> > >> >> >Matt Stehouwer >> >> >Technology Manager >> >> >Michigan State University >> >> >College of Natural Science Deans Office >> >> >288 Farm Lane RM 154 >> >> >East Lansing, MI 48824 >> >> >517 355-9003 | Email: [log in to unmask] >> >> > >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >> >From: Gary Schrock [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >> >> >Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 2:41 PM >> >> >To: [log in to unmask] >> >> >Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Windows 8 Reaches RTM Milestone >> >> > >> >> >On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Jon Galbreath <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >> > > TechNet and MSDN gets it Aug 15! >> >> > > >> >> > > Anyone planning to actually deploy this? >> >> > >> >> >The words "over my dead body" come to mind :). >