The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    MSI GE60 0NC Upgrade to win 8 Thoughts ?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by smiggy100, Nov 7, 2012.

  1. smiggy100

    smiggy100 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hi all

    This is my first thread here at NBR please don't shoot me down :)

    So i bought a new laptop today MSI GE60 0NC not realizing they made a windows 8 model.

    I got This:
    https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-077-MS

    I would assume the hardware is the same it just comes wit windows 8 am i correct ?

    My real question was this if i purchase windows 8 and upgrade straight from windows 7 will i have compatibility issues. Obviously download latest drivers for windows 8 from MSI UK - Computer, Laptop, Notebook, Desktop, Mainboard, Graphics and more

    Would you recommend it if it was you wanting to upgrade ?

    Thanks.
     
    smiggy100, Nov 7, 2012
    #1
  2. DaCM

    DaCM Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    204
    Messages:
    576
    Likes Received:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Your link leads to the GX60's page, but I assume it's just a wrong link. Anyway the only difference between the 'old' and the new GE60 is the CPU (3610QM @ 2,3GHz vs 3630QM @ 2,4GHz) which just means that the manufacturing process has matured and now Intel can clock the newer chips higher and they're still stable, but the difference is not significant.

    I personally wouldn't upgrade to Win 8 yet, but wait a few weeks/months until the initial problems get ironed out, stable drivers appear, etc., but if you upgraded your laptop would be 99% functional as pretty much all the required drivers have Win 8 versions now (could be unstable though).
     
    DaCM, Nov 7, 2012
    #2
  3. smiggy100

    smiggy100 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Thanks for your feedback

    I think i will upgrade sometime early next year see if any newer versions of the drivers come out
     
    smiggy100, Nov 8, 2012
    #3