I have good news for laptop users with built in ALPS Touchpads. Acer/Gateway (same company) have been generous to create a new driver for Windows 8 32/64-bit users.To make sure that your ALPS Touchpad may be compatible with this new driver for Windows 8, make sure that before upgrading to Windows 8, in Windows 7 open Device Manager, check the "" category and your Touchpad should be listed as "".If it is, then you are a candidate to install the newly released drivers. Click the link for a direct download from Gateway.:info::info::note:After installation, this new driver adds Windows 8 gestures that are found on Microsoft Surface and other tablets for the TouchPad. There are other features there, but those are up to you to experiment with.:tip:==================================================================================:info::info:*Double-click on a file called "" to install the driver.