Thank you, Vesselle, for your reply. Unfortunately a quick email to Compaq yielded these results:
"Compaq does not recommend the upgrading or the changing of the processor, hard drive, system board, 3D card, or any other internal component on Presario notebook units due to the tight integration of the system. Therefore we have no information available to us as to what 3rd party hardware is compatible or how to install it."
This doesn't mean it's not possible, but I'm not sure I want to risk my beloved laptop when I'm not sure of the results... Unless of course, somebody has done this before? Anyway, I may be S.O.L. on playing W8 until the next time I visit my Parental Unit in the States but at least I asked for Planetscape for Christmas as well...
Again, thanks muchly.
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Never argue with a woman who's holding your schmeckle.