Is my Laptop Compatible with Windows 8?

Of course you can but i will prefer you windows 8.1 to 8 and more than that i would prefer you 7 coz' Windows 8 is real crap its just good in visual looks you will find many problems operating it

According to the specifications mentioned, your laptop should be compatible with Windows 8.

Here are the minimum specifications specified by Microsoft to install WIndows 8 (or Windows 8.1) :

>>Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2 (more info)

>>RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)

>>Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)

>>Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver

Some other additional requirements for certain specialized features are mentioned in the link given in the source, but looking at the main requirements, I dont think there should have any problems running Windows 8 on your laptop.

However, since you were not able to install XP on it properly, I would recommend you take help from a computer technician for the upgrade. Also, the technician may be able to help you install all the required drivers and softwares.

Good luck.

of course it can do windows 8 but take the advice from a fellow man, windows 8 is not an upgrade ive been all over the chart, XP vista 2000 7 8, 7 is godly compared to 8. just please trust me and maybe the windows XP you tried was a 32 bit compared to the 64 bit that i think that computer requires

Yes! the laptop will be able to run Windows 8 fine, you are probably running Windows 7 now so Windows 8 will not be better by any noticable amount to you, so to upgrade would be dumb :)

It will but it will be a custom full install, so backup all your data. I always run the Windows update advisor, but this one can't tell if you have UEFI BIOS, not essential but it helps With Windows 8, still a few bugs in it of course if you go to 8.1

Indeed your computer is compatible with windows 8 but windows 8 is old now. There is windows 8.1 which your laptop is indeed compatible with. But you will need to buy this Windows 8 upgrade disk then go to your windows store app and find the windows 8.1 update. And as well as that you will be able to keep everything on your PC :D

Link for upgrade -> http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows-8-Pro-Upgr...

It can be done, but being a non geek I got myself a Toshiba C 660 Intel Pentium.

Beats my old hp by far.

Honestly don't get w8. It's terrible, especially with their weird tile menu thing. It worked alright on their mobiles, but, no, not for a computer. Stay with 7. Spend the money on something else.

I downloaded Dreamweaver for free here http://j.mp/1p33QRP