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I have a dell inspiron N5010 laptop. I am planning to upgrade to windows 8 and the existing version is windows 7. So when I planned to upgrade I found that in the website of dell they have not updated the drivers for windows 8. I had installed a preview version of windows 8 and installed the drivers of windows 7 so it got installed and is working fine. So shall I upgrade it to windows 8 and use windows 7 drivers???? or wait till the drivers are updated??????

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The only answer to this question would be subjective. If it worked and you want to upgrade then upgrade. – Ramhound Dec 5 '12 at 12:19
Up voted because this was simply a question about driver compatibility, what might seem obvious to you and me, is not so obvious to others. – Taylor Gibb Dec 5 '12 at 15:04
@TaylorGibb fair enough, that was not my intention and I deleted comment. It was an honest question born out of pure curiosity. Definitely not the place for it though, sorry. – terdon Dec 5 '12 at 15:13
@terdon no problem :) – Taylor Gibb Dec 5 '12 at 15:18

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Have you tried Microsoft's tool to test compatibility for upgrading? This will most likely hollar at you if there is anything on your machine that is documented as incompatible. It's a good start.

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If you are going to downvote, please give a reason so I can improve and not create answers deserving of a downvote. Thanks. – DaBaer Dec 5 '12 at 15:15
I agree I hate it when people do that. – Taylor Gibb Dec 5 '12 at 19:21

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