Magic Trackpad & Windows 8

I received a new laptop not even 3 weeks ago and it has Windows 8 and bluetooth 4.0 in it. I am looking around for a bigger trackpad and remembered that Apple makes the Magic Trackpad. I'm wondering if it would work and/or if drivers are availlable. If not i would be going for logitech's T650 one
Can the M TrPad work with my pc??
Just an fyi, it's an acer v3-571-6850
Oliver

I'm not sure, but you could always try this...
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/mice-pointers/touchpads

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Hi again,
Forgive if this has been asked prior,
but
I got Apple Magic Trackpad and it obviously works on Mac side
but I have Windows on bootcamp partition and I have not
been able to connect it via bluetooth in Windows 8 not that
that is important, but just wanted that flexibility.
Well that is all. I am sorry if this is like trying to reinvent the wheel
but I thought it would connect a lot easier as Apple does seem
to be considerate of other operating systems.
But for now, the Logitech C651? trackpad has to do as it
seems to connect on both sides (though a bit of a struggle and
inconsistency under Windows as I got the Logitech trackpad
for Mac).

I got the Apple Magic Trackpad to work on both sides
on the iMac so never mind this.
well Mac and Windows 7 on iMac...
I was just initially trying to pair this trackpad on Macbook
and Windows 8 so who knows if Windows 8 has a
compatibility issue even after running the Wireless Trackpad 64 bit drivers
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I am set unless I upgrade the iMac's Window 7 partition to Windows 8 and
who knows what will happen.
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I recently purchased a Magic Trackpad and it's working perfectly on the Mac side of my MBP. However, I downloaded the 32-bit driver for my Winfows 7 Bootcamp side and every time I try to run the driver I receive the following error:
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The installed product does not match the installation source(s). Until a matching source is provided or the installed product and source are synchronized, this action cannot be performed."
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Hi Stefan, I checked the version on my Boot Camp drivers and they are in fact 3.1. Checking a little further I seem to have found two issues:
1. It seems that it's not only this, but any type of update I try to do it tries to find the drivers in folder 3.0.0.
2. The Boot Camp install I'm asking help with is actually one I migrated to my new MBP using winclone. I moved from a 2009 2.4GHz MBP to a 2.66GHz MBP. I tried to update the old MBP's driver and it does so successfully, so this leads me to believe that the winclone install didn't go 100% perfectly. I will try to reformat my Boot Camp partition, reinstall Windows 7 and then try to update to see if this resolves the issue.
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Message was edited by: sole2000

Can i use an Apple Magic Trackpad on Native windows 8.1

as title says. im trying to help my stepdad use a brand new Magic Trackpad on his Toshiba laptop, natively 8 and recently updated to 8.1. after all my researching i think its not possible at this time and the closest i came was http://www.labnol.org/software/apple-magic-trackpad-with-windows/14158/ and http://www.trackpadmagic.com/
i hope im not being blasphemous talkin about using this on this machine. (i hope it wont work and i can use it on my macbook.)
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No, but you can use the Apple wireless keyboard.

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Hello,
I have successfully installed Windows 7 64 bit on my iMac 27" Late 2009 model using Boot Camp and my magic trackpad is not functioning the way it should be. The trackpad works however does not recognise secondary click. There is no option to activate this and the tap to click function is not available either. Also my magic mouse does not want to connect when in Windows mode. I downloaded all the drivers that Mac downloaded for me from Boot Camp Assistant however the trackpad is still not 100% functional. I am not expecting all the gestures to work however i would to have the secondary click and tap to click function to work.
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Yes. After Windows/Bootcamp discovers your bluetooth device (Magic Trackpad or Mouse, be sure to make it discoverable), right click, with your wired mouse, of course, on the icon and select Properties.
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