Hi aphidfarmers, Thanks for the well documented answer. Installing Qubes OS 3.x on a X200 sounds like a bad idea to me, isn't ?
2017-06-20 20:59 GMT+02:00 <[email protected]>: > Revised list of example systems, with corrections, price estimates, > citations. > > Coreboot with all components open source; fully removed management engine: > * Lenovo X200/T400/T500 w/ Coreboot, CPU: T9600 (dual core, each core > about 50% of a modern i7-7920HQ [2]). Max 8 GB RAM. Cost: 75 USD used.[4] > These systems run Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs, which lack EPT [5], so don't meet > Qubes 4.x minimum requirements. > > Coreboot with open source RAM init but some minor blobs; partially removed > management engine: > * Lenovo T530 w/ Coreboot. CPU: i7-3840QM (quad-core, each core about 80% > of a modern i7-7920HQ core [2]). Max 16GB RAM. Cost: 300 USD, used. [4] > * Lenovo W530 w/ Coreboot. Not officially supported, but someone made it > work. Max 32 GB RAM. > > Coreboot with proprietary RAM init; partially removed management engine > * Purism Librem 15. CPU: i7-6500U (dual core, each-core about 80% of > i7-7920HQ [2]). Max 16GB RAM. Cost: 2000 USD new.[3] > * Purism Librem 13. CPU: i5-6200U (dual core, each core about 70% of > i7-7920HQ [2]). Max 16GB RAM. Cost: 1700 USD new. [3] > > For a list of blobs included in Coreboot, see [1]. > > All the Lenovo systems above require manual Coreboot compiling and an > external flasher. The Purism systems can be flashed with coreboot from > software (maybe only certain laptop revisions?) and can be preinstalled > with Qubes. > > > References: > [1]List of coreboot blobs - https://www.coreboot.org/Binary_situation > [2]CPU performance comparison - https://www.notebookcheck.net/ > Mobile-Processors-Benchmark-List.2436.0.html Uncheck "Still available" > find the older CPUs. Performance estimates based on Cinebench R10 32 scores. > [3]Purism 15 - https://puri.sm/shop/librem-15/ and > https://puri.sm/shop/librem-13/ > [4]e.g. eBay > [5]List of CPUs without EPT - http://ark.intel.com/Search/ > FeatureFilter?productType=processors&ExtendedPageTables=false -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/CANUaYM3sYurjkaXDbM%2B0daEgL7zz%3DaahzzSgMxjeV2Mf5JzStw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
