Still need Windows 7 for your job?

Vendors will sell Windows 7 computers until Halloween 2016

My current laptop has Windows 7 preinstalled through downgrade rights, but I've only had it for a week. I need a chance to do more homework on this concept to give you guys a better idea of how it works in the long run, but this will soon be the norm for new computer purchases one year from now.

What I've read generally is that Windows 10 pro on new machines will have downgrade rights by default, but if that downgrade is not preinstalled, you will have to buy a separate Win7 license key to perform the downgrade yourself. Windows 8.1 is also a downgrade option.

If you want your next machine(s) to be of pure OEM Windows 7 without all the upgrade/downgrade rights mumbo jumbo, you still have a year to do that.

Otherwise, just make sure the win7 downgrade comes preinstalled before buying, or have your IT technician work out the details for you.