MacBook Pro 17" (Core i5-540M) and Windows7 drivers?

So I'm about to receive my very first MacBook, and I will be using BootCamp in order to have both Mac OSX and Windows7 on it at once.

I've always been one of the first one to jump right upon new driver releases etc.. I always keep my eyes open, watch Station-drivers.com every day and things like that.


Now there is one thing nagging me, where do I actually get Windows drivers for the MacBook Pro? Do I need to get Windows7 on it in order to run something like Everest to identify the hardware specifics?

Wont really be any problems with either the graphics card, CPU (turbo boost) or chipset as the MacBook uses the same HM55 (or PM55) chipset like every other i5 / i7 based notebook out there, same goes for the graphics card and the turbo boost feature of the CPU.

What I don't know is where to figure what drivers to use for the iSight webcam, nor the touchpad? I don't even know what company who have manufactured them?


Is there some sort of drivers list for the MacBook Pro? Or do everyone just relay on the standard Windows7 drivers? (tend to hate those drivers, also like some up-to-date dedicated drivers right from the manufacture of the different pieces of hardware in the machine!)

 

I'm not sure about the specifics, but one thing to note is that in Windows 7 the MBP will use only the dedicated graphics; you won't be able to switch to the integrated and so battery life will be a lot less than in OSX.

 

all the drivers you need are part of the Bootcamp package... so everything will "work" ... maybe not work exactly like it does in OSX, but it will work. Graphics drivers you can usually update 3rd party on your own fine. The older switchable graphics models you could only use the discrete GPU, and I believe, though I haven't seen it confirmed anywhere, that you can only use the discrete (330m) GPU in Windows as well... not a problem for most Windows users on Macbooks, since most only boot into Windows to play games.