I had no problems dual booting 7&8 on a three year old Dell laptop. Drivers that were needed picked up by win update after a couple of boot ups, Course the one you absolutely want and need to work right away is the nic driver, :ninja:
Computer Type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number My Build OS Windows 8 Pro x64 & Windows Blue 9374 x86 & Longhorn 4074 x86 CPU QX9770 @ 4.00 GHz Motherboard P5W-DH Deluxe Extreme Edition Memory DDR2: G.Skill 8GB @ 1000 MHz (5-5-5-17) Graphics Card Sapphire HD7950 3GB @ 1075 / 6400 MHz Sound Card Realtek ALC882 7.1 HDA Monitor(s) Displays LCD: Proview 22 " + LG 18.5" Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050 / 1280 x 1024
Keyboard Microsoft Wireless Keyboard Mouse Microsoft Wireless Mouse PSU ThermalTake 1000W PSU Case Self-Modded Cooling Corsair H60 (Dual Fan) Hard Drives 1 x 256 GB SSD (System)
1 x 750 GB HDD (Media)
1 x 1000 GB HDD (Storage) Internet Speed 25 Mbps (Down) 5 Mbps (Up) Browser IE, FF, Chrome, Opera Antivirus Avast