[PLUG] Laptop Recommendations

Jason Martin nsxfreddy at gmail.com
Thu Feb 1 21:23:05 UTC 2007


On 2/1/07, MJang <mike at mommabears.com> wrote:
> One other issue to consider - if you're interested in Virtualization -
> VT (Xen, KVM), watch the CPU. Only some "Core Duo", "Core 2 Duo", and
> "Pacifica" CPUs support VT.

Look at the CPU numbers to find which ones support VT:

http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/index.htm

Many vendors disable VT by default, but allow you to enable it in the
BIOS.  Consider the default disable of VT to be an example of
disabling a service unless you need it, which follows with security
best practices.

Jason



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