HP, citing popular demand, begins promoting PCs with Windows 7

Hewlett-Packard has begun heavily promoting its Windows 7 PCs over those that run Windows 8, the newer but far less popular version of Microsoft's operating system.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP also is enticing customers to buy Windows 7 PCs with savings of as much as $150 compared to computers loaded with Windows 8, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The new online marketing strategy may be a sign that HP has given up on Windows 8, which Microsoft rolled out in 2012.

Microsoft is rumored to be working on a new version of Windows that would be similar to pre-Windows 8 operating systems.

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