OK, my existing HP computer seems to have crashed and I am going to replace it (it is roughly 7 years old and I got my use out of it). What I want to do is get a new computer, preferably an HP with Windows installed. I want to install Ubuntu on as my prefered operating system. I will then fall back on Windows where that is the only place I can run certain programs.
My problem: I have seen here in the forum several mentions of settings either UFI or EFI or something to that effect. What are these? I have seen the acronyms but not seen them explained. Which is preferrable?
Further, I am not necessarily interested in running Win8 but could get along with Win7, any opinions about that in terms of compatibility with having a second partition with Ubuntu on it??
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