A friend has asked me to help her buy a laptop. I've had a look around and really struggling to find many with Win7 installed, they're almost all Win8 and I'd rather she use Windows 7 until there's been a bit of time for Win8 to get patched a bit, maybe wait for the first service pack.
So I had a look online and it seems she's entitled to run Windows 7 on a Windows 8 laptop - http://www.microsoft.com/oem/en/lice...id=Uk8IlCDcv4n
Reading through that page though it describes part of the process as "Obtain genuine Windows media and a corresponding product key for the version of Windows that is eligible for downgrade." Does this mean she is expected to buy a copy of Windows 7? I thought the eligibility meant that she was already legally entitled to run Windows 7 on her laptop if she buys one with Windows 8 preinstalled?
My plan was to use my own Win7 Home Premium x64 disc but if I use my own product key then I'll be breaching my own entitlement won't I? Or does it just not work like that?


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Discussed with her at the outset.
