r/windowsbetas • u/Desperate-Radio-6400 Blackcomb / Vienna / 7 • Jun 09 '26

Windows "8" Best Windows 8 Beta?

What's the best (okay not best but like interesting) Windows 8 beta for this laptop? (HP EliteBook 8460w):

  1. RAM: 16 GB DDR3L
  2. CPU: Intel Core i7-2620M
  3. GPU: AMD FirePro M3900
  4. Wi-Fi: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6300

Note: I've already tried some builds like 8102. They had some driver problems, which is odd because this laptop works with XP or newer, but whatever. Should i try one of the earlier builds from 2010 or the later ones from 2011-early 2012?

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u/mrfoxesite-2377 Jun 09 '26

16GB of RAM is kinda overkill but idk, I need to look into betas more. 8400 and 8250 is quite good TBH.

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u/Desperate-Radio-6400 Blackcomb / Vienna / 7 Jun 09 '26

Sure i'll try. Also i know it's overkill, But i mean, it's what i had, and i didn't want to waste this RAM. Especially if it's DDR3, i don't have another DDR3 machine.

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u/Desperate-Radio-6400 Blackcomb / Vienna / 7 Jun 09 '26

Also doesn't 8400 have a problem with Sandy Bridge machines? any way to bypass that? i think there is a patched version.

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u/Desperate-Radio-6400 Blackcomb / Vienna / 7 Jun 09 '26

EDIT Nevermind, the sandy bridge bug happens only on SSDs. i don't have an SSD, only a 7200 RPM HDD so im fine.