![]() ![]() Windows 8 does have drivers for this, provided by Atheros and installed automatically – assuming you have a base station for the tablet with a wired network connection. This actually meant uninstalling the combined Atheros Bluetooth/WiFi package. Uninstall the Atheros Bluetooth stuff.Don’t forget about the 1GB of pre-installed Office 2010 installation files that came with the SL8, if you’ve not used it. I was able to get 10.5GB, and even then got a warning that Windows, once upgraded, should really have more to work nicely. Clear enough stuff off the C drive to give just under 10GB free space.So, what did I have to do aside from plugging in the USB stick and running setup.exe? I installed/upgraded from a USB stick using the Windows 8 ISO and the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool (yes, it does work for Windows 8 too). ![]() ![]() I never used to like upgrading from one version of Windows to another, but I know Microsoft have done a lot of work on this process over the years and I’ve successfully upgraded from Vista to 7 (and then been using the machines for years) with no issues. I decided to upgrade to Windows 8 so as not to have to find and re-install drivers, control software for the touchscreen, screen rotation, Office etc. I’ve added a 32GB SD card and installed as much to that as possible (e.g. The SL8 is an 11.6″ Windows Tablet, it has a 1.66GHz N450 Atom processor, a 32GB SSD, and 2GB RAM. Mine came pre-installed with Windows 7 32-bit. As the only touchscreen x86 device I have, and also not being critical to my day-to-day life/job, this was ideal for being the first device to get Windows 8 running on. ![]()
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