Format a laptop (Win8 or Chromebook) and installing Win7?

[JEDI]

Parents have a 11.6" netbook for surfing the web and Word.

their eyesight isn't as good as it used to be and want a bigger laptop.

all the laptops nowadays come with win8.
I do not wish to re-train them into using a new OS.

any problems wiping and installing Win7 Pro on them?
specifically this laptop: ASUS X401A-BCL0705Y 14" 4GB Ultrabook


edit:
hm.. 14" HP Pavilion Chromebook for $180 on black Friday sounds too good to be true?!
any problems with Win7 Pro on that?

edit2:
bought the 15.6" Toshiba C55-A5384 (i3-3120M 2.5ghz).
Hopefully not going to have a problem installing win7?

 

[lxskllr]

edit:
hm.. 14" HP Pavilion Chromebook for $180 on black Friday sounds too good to be true?!
any problems with Win7 Pro on that?

If I found the right thing, a 16gb drive will be a huge problem for running Win7.

 

[JEDI]

If I found the right thing, a 16gb drive will be a huge problem for running Win7.

yeah, that's the one.
I have a spare 32gig ssd drive but might be tight with win7 and office2007?

 

[lxskllr]

yeah, that's the one.
I have a spare 32gig ssd drive but might be tight with win7 and office2007?

That would be doable, but a little tight. If all they store are small office docs, and little bits and bobs, it might work ok. If they do any kind of music, video, or pics, I think I'd want something bigger.

 

[JEDI]

thx.

decided to buy the 15.6" Toshiba C55-A5384 (i3-3120M 2.5ghz).

 

[VirtualLarry]

It's my understanding that Chromebooks use different, non-Windows-compatible bootloaders. Thus you cannot simply reformat them and install Windows. This is likely because Google subsidizes the price of Chromebooks, and would lose money if people just bought them to slap Windows on them.

 

[Raduque]

thx.

decided to buy the 15.6" Toshiba C55-A5384 (i3-3120M 2.5ghz).

It's got a UEFI bios. May or may not be capable of installing Windows 7.

http://smackerelofopinion.blogspot.com/2011/11/does-your-uefi-firmware-have-csm.html