Fastest 14/15" Laptops Confirmed Downgradeable to Windows 7

As the title says, I'm looking for a newer lappy that has been successfully downgraded to 7. Probably shouldn't have said fastest, as I'm happy to know about any model from the last few years that's been successfully downgraded. Don't want this thread to get into the why's and how's, just want a list to peruse. I know there are plenty of units that claim to have downgrade rights, but I've owned enough lappies to know the manufacturers rarely test any of the claims they make. Anyway, below are the three I've found so far on these forums. Hopefully some of you can simply paste in your model number to help me out. Or suggest some other places to search(other forums?) Thanks

ASUS U47A
Inspiron 15 (7548)
XPS 9550

 

ACER E5-573

( http://community.acer.com/t5/E-F-an...cer-Aspire-E5-573-but-drivers-for/td-p/381731)

ASUS K55A, i5 3210
( http://www.tomshardware.com/answers...windows-downgraded-windows-reinstall-win.html)

 

im pretty sure most of win10 laptops run win7 just fine

 

Most current Sager/Clevo laptops support Windows 7 straight out of the box - no downgrading necessary.

That's not the issue here. It's that most current models that have Windows 10 pre-installed either won't allow or have any driver support for Windows 7.

 

And the last downgradeable laptops which support Windows 7, are by and large Business Class machines.

 

You should check with those laptop manufacture to know exactly what make/model can do what you asking. They have more know how and IT support to tell you otherwise.

That isn't true not sure where your getting your info but that is misleading. New laptop in 2016 that came with Windows 10 don't have the options to downgrade AFAIK. I know of one Toshiba my nephew got and was able to downgrade but that the only one I heard was able to. Maybe those in 2015 could downgrade but anything in 2016 on will not support downgrade. I highly doubt it is in those manufactures interest since support is no longer there. We like to dream the dream but there is a reality we have to live in.

 

Going forward with Kaby Lake, there will be no Windows 7 official support. I'd agree if you want a notebook with Windows 7 pre-installed, a business class notebook is the way to go.

 

So far this is untrue as well. It has already been reported that as of mid January, kabylake runs just fine with windows 7. It has been benched as well, and there is nothing that shows any performance difference between 7 and 10. As far as official support, you are correct, but that does not mean he has to get a business class laptop, just because there is no "official" support. However, I would steer clear of using windows update, for the simple fact that MS may push a patch that dorks things up with kabylake.
I think the OP was referring to a laptop that came installed with windows 10 being able to run window 7. In which case, the answer is yes, in most cases.

 

That couldn't not be so far true in any light. System installed Windows 10 no longer support Windows 7 O/S not sure where your getting your information but one needs to stop giving misinformation. Anything Laptop/Desktop in 2016 only comes with Windows 10 and no longer have driver support for Windows 7. If you want to give support 24/7 to the OP that their Windows 10 will install Windows 7 then by all means you give them support but don't put out misinformation-Windows 10 machine don't and no longer have support for Windows 7 support anyone thinking otherwise is misguided and misinformed.

To your reply the answer is, No. If otherwise please show us actual manufacture support not user thinking there is support.

 

Unsupported nor no official support doesnt means it wont work. Obviously win 7 will work just fine on Kaby Lake CPUs. The word you're looking for is "incompatible" which means it wont work on it. Every win10 computer can easily install win 7 but the problem is the lack of drivers for that system so you're going to have a very hard time hunting down all of the drivers.

 

This list seems relevant:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/11675/windows-7-windows-8-1-skylake-systems-supported

Once CSM (legacy) support is gone from the bios, booting Windows 7 will not be possible. I think a few laptops, like the Razer Blade 2016, are already this way.

 

Exactly! I did a driver search for an MSI GT73VR titan with windows 10 as the only available drivers listed on MSI's site, just to pull a gaming laptop out of thin air, and found windows 7 drivers for...... chipset drivers (Intel), graphics drivers (Nvidia), network drivers, (bigfoot),, bluetooth (bigfoot), audio drivers, (realtek), wifi drivers (bigfoot).

 

Not if the legacy support is gone from UEFI bios then you have no choice and that is the route hardware in 2016 was headed so white papers says yes but installation is No. There is a difference and since 2016 has stopped Win7 support so that eliminates any attempts to get 7 to work. We will have to come to realization Win10 is here to stay for whatever hate/love you have for it. And Microsoft made it possible so if you want our latest O/S to keep your company to bring you in cash - you will agree to our rules and guess what they said "Yes" on the dotted line.

You'll may find them but eventually you will not since those companies will remove older driver from their listing and if archive sites don't save or keep them well that leaves only Windows 10 the player in town. You find them but eventually they will dry up as makers will switch over to Windows 10 support and don't think they won't do that. It's in their bottom line interest and shareholders to do so.

 

I really doubt that those drivers will disappear anytime soon. Most of them are unified drivers that date back to windows xp, and go up to Windows 10. It is far easier for say Nvidia to keep those drivers the way they are, rather than just drop them all together. Windows 7 is still the most widely used OS in the world, and desktop hardware demands windows 7 drivers.

Wrong again:
Legacy mode is not needed to install windows 7. Windows 7 will install on a UEFI system using a boot flash drive formatted in Fat32. I have no idea where you get your information, as support has not ended in 2016 for windows 7. 2020 is EOS for windows 7.
So you should stop spreading misinformation.

https://www.sevenforums.com/tutoria...e-firmware-interface-install-windows-7-a.html
https://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/15458-uefi-bootable-usb-flash-drive-create-windows.html

 

Windows 7 still have about 50% of the marketshare and its not going to die anytime soon. A lot of businesses are not upgrading to Windows 10 for obvious reasons, it was same for Windows XP. Also Raiderman beat me to it that you can install windows 7 on a UEFI system with a flash drive thats formatted in FAT32. Desktops, gaming laptops and business laptops that came with Win10 can easily be downgraded to Windows 7 as they have the drivers for it. Hunting down Win7 drivers is not easy for the average user though.