Can I make my late '12 iMac Windows only?

I bought the late '12 iMac with 3TB fusion drive. I'm curious if it's possible to wipe it all and put only Windows 7/8. It needs to still work with Thunderbolt and Fusion. Maybe I can use the fusion part for the boot camp and the 3tb as a GPT? It doesn't have to be one partition for me.
Anyone know if that's a possibility?

Not an retain the Fusion drive system. That is a feature of OS X Mt Lion and Windows does not have such a feature, not even Win 8.
So yes you could use your Mac as Windows only but you'd have to break up the fusion drive. But then Apple kind of blocks, if that is the right term, some of the hardware if you try to install Just Windows without Boot Camp.
Simplest thing to do is buy an Actual Windows computer. Probable run better and last longer the the newest Mac's.

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