New W530 Owner - Can I move down to W7 for a while and then come back?

I have a full Windows 7 license and think I would prefer to move down to Windows 7 for a while and have the option to come back to 8 later.  My understanding is that 8's key is in the bios.
If I move down to W7 will it install normally?
If I later want to move back to W8 can I install that from any Win 8 Pro install media and it will just recognize the key at that time?
Thanks!

http://www.howtogeek.com/133168/how-to-downgrade-windows-8-pro-to-windows-7/
http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/how-downgrade-windows-7-210685
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