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Re:HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook Officially Announced, Priced at... by kunai on Monday February 04, 2013 @10:36AM (#5164597)
"I miss the days when men were men and wrote their own device drivers." -- Linus Torvalds

Enough of that. Because Windows 8 uses the same kernel as Windows 7 (and Vista) with a minor .x upgrade, you should just use the 7 drivers, as they'll most likely work.

Anyway, I don't understand why you would want to "upgrade" to W8 anyway. It's not good at all unless you have a touchscreen, and the performance gains are very minimal. Just stick with 7, trust me, you'll be happier.

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Re:HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook Officially Announced, Priced at... by meaty on Monday February 04, 2013 @11:08AM (#5164810)
That doesn't work for graphics drivers as there is a different driver model for Windows 8 than Windows 7.
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Re:HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook Officially Announced, Priced at... by kunai on Monday February 04, 2013 @11:33AM (#5165005)
But aren't the graphics drivers supplied by Intel or nVidia, not HP? Whenever I've had to download a graphics driver update it has always been from the manufacturer of the chip. I don't think HP is to blame for that...
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Re:HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook Officially Announced, Priced at... by meaty on Monday February 04, 2013 @11:56AM (#5165207)
Agreed - this is not HP's responsibility.
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