My laptop has died. Sounds like I may have to pay Dell more to fix this one than a new one costs.
All the laptops I look at have Windows 10. I don't want that.

What are my options to get Windows 7 on a machine? Can this be converted to an older copy of Windows?

Check Newegg.com they have quite a few laptops that still have Windows 7 on them. Heres a link to some of them NewEggs Windows 7 Laptops (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=laptop+windows+7&ignorear=0&N=-1&isNodeId=1)

I second Newegg.

This is a damn good deal on a new machine:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314423&cm_re=laptop_windows_7-_-34-314-423-_-Product