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Dell Inspiron 1564 Run Win 8?

ixMyth

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Feb 21, 2013
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OK, So I am wondering if anyone knows if a stock dell Inspiron 1564 (By stock, I mean nothing was upgraded during purchase -Though it does have added ram) would run Windows 8 without problems.

I know the specs meet the requirements but I am more talking about issues with drivers and whatnot. Been looking all over and some people say it works and some people say it doesn't... Got Win 8 for my new build and love it and would love to be able to save files between the 2 as I travel a lot and with school it would help out a lot.

Sorry if this is a retarded question but don't want to end up thinking it will work and end up causing a huge amount of problems.
 
Hi :)

As Rgd says above...

The TRICK to upgrading any machine to 8 is this....

Make SURE there are 8 drivers available BEFORE you buy 8....

All the best Brett :)