Warr-HP
2013-04-04

Is anyone Intel or manufacturers (HP) trying to improve the drivers available for the Atom z2760 clover trail chipset (used in my Envy X2 but also multiple other Windows 8 PC/tablets)?

The current drivers (latest available from HP) are definitely not stable. Lots of sound issues, the sound hardware acceleration needs to be deactivated to get the Xbox Music application to work properly for example. Lots of video issues, applications freezing or crashing the drivers. For example Fresh Paint is freezing just by pressing the "Surface" button. Seems like there is always something wrong while I have none of those problems on my older none Atom hardware.

All of this is really frustrating because if the drivers were more stable those PC/tablets would be great. But right now I can't just use it without having to check if I need some kind of work-around or if I need to avoid doing certain tasks, not a pleasant experience.

Last thing, just concerning HP and the Envy X2, where is the stylus? I have to say, I’m disappointed by the hardware stability of the PC but I’m much more disappointed by the service of HP and OEMs in general.