Windows 8 and workstations without touchscreens

Given the lack of features of Windows 8 is installed on desktop computers (not to mention, laptops) that don't have touch screens, why didn't everyone (Microsoft) offered a downgrade to 7? Without the screen touch Windows 8 is just awkward - especially, stop. I bought a P6-2350 for a customer and sooned learned that the customer really couldn't use it. Now, I'll have to buy a copy of 7 to make them happy. It is simply not true.

Hello

Microsoft will allow users of Windows 8 Pro to downgrade their new PC to Windows 7 or even Vista, depending on the operating system of the license agreement.

Not surprisingly, users cannot downgrade to Windows XP still-used-but-slated-for-retirement.

Demotion - which allow customers to replace a newer version of Windows by an older edition without paying two copies - is only available in Windows 8 Pro.

Which corresponds to the previous practice: only Windows 7 Professional, for example, has been allocated downgrade rights.

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