On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Rajagopal Swaminathan > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:04 PM, narendra sisodiya > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I am planning to buy a new laptop. > >> a) Do anybody have idea which laptop will be suitable for such task, > >> Like high processing > >> shows {Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) == No} . is it the > >> same vmx flag ?? because I have a netbook with ATOM z520 > >> > http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=35472&processor=Z500&spec-codes=SLB6Q > >> which shows a vmx flag. but in the above link, it show it do not have > >> {Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) } > > > > ensure that the virtualization is enabled in CMOS. > > I was in the same quandry a few months back looking for a laptop on > which I could run the Linux KVM. > > In my research, I learnt the following: > > (a) it is not sufficient that the laptop CPU has VT-x or AMD-v > capability - the BIOS must have a Virtualization setting or not > preclude VT-x/AMD-v usage. > (b) On the Intel front, only the more expensive models have CPU with > VT-x but ... most of them come with a b0rked BIOS that prevents the > loading of KVM modules. > (c) On the AMD front, I could not find much information > > Ultimately, I really **lucked** out when I bought the ACER Aspire 5542. > > The BIOS, even though there is no Virtualization setting, does not > preclude the loading of KVM modules. It is a minor irritation which > can be fixed with a small script. > > >> c) buying a laptop, with Graphics card with 1GB/512MB memory, How does > >> it help in performance. > > It depends on what *you* want out of the system. Are you into > playing games, developing games and/or animation? Then fork out the > money for dedicated graphics memory. > > On the 5542, The performance of the graphics is nothing to write home > about though, even with the proprietary ATI drivers - but to me KVM > was more important than graphics performance. > > HTH > -- Arun Khan > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > Thanks a lot for kind info.. -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Society for Knowledge Commons │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org └─────────────────────────┘ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
