W7 on Yoga 2 Pro?

Hi,
My Yoga  2 Pro came preinstall with W8.1  After playing with it for a couple of weeks, I just absolutely hate W8.1 and realize that it's not built for IT developer in mind. I use it mostly for work, developing application, and most of the business and tools that I use need to be in the desk top app
My question is have anyone here tried to install W7 on a Yoga 2 Pro and is it a good idea to go down to W7 from 8.1?
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Yoga 2 Pro is built for Windows 8.1,  and  its the best option.  If concerned about the start screen, then just right click taskbar.> properties > Navigation Pane and selection start into desktop.  This way, after sign-in you will directly go to traditional desktop like Windows 7.
Better way is to imagine Start screen as a dynamic, useful and touch friendly replacement to traditional start menu.  I actually start liking it this way, and never going back.
Windows 8.1 is also much optimized in terms of performance, startup speed and with better performance and monitoring of file transfer, etc   I dont see any point in downgrading to Windows 7, as everything that runs on  Windows 7 runs on Windows 8 better.

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