Thanks Peggy - i did ask for windows 7 but they said they don't do that anymore because everyone is switching to windows 8 OS. For some strange reason, even the HP store said the same thing. Plus apparently with this particular deal, if they change it to windows 7, they said the warranty would be void as it would not be the original system.
I wanted to call BS but apparently that is their policy and a few other stores said the same thing. Do you think windows 8 is really very bad? would it be really terrible for me to purchase it with that? I heard the only annoying thing about it is the strange interface that takes getting used to.
Is this graphics card a good one or should i upgrade..in the event that I would like to create machinima or something in future? thank you