Re: LUNI: source for cheap used computers

> Is there a similar chart for AMD processors?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture

Maybe some of the stuff you referred to before was relevant only to
'hardware' virtualization. Some software solutions like VirtualBox
will probably work out for you, well depending on what OSs are
involved and what you want out of your VMs.
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch10.html#hwvirt
"...VirtualBox does not require hardware virtualization features to be
present. Through sophisticated techniques, VirtualBox virtualizes many
guest operating systems entirely in software. This means that you can
run virtual machines even on older processors which do not support
hardware virtualization."

You mentioned VMware previously and I've only used VirtualBox so
hopefully someone else on the list has had more experience with
various VM applications.
Jeff



On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 3:05 PM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks, I thought it was going to be easier than this, since the low end
> notebook I got for my daughter at walmart (cheapest full computer, not a
> netbook) in December 2009 had the features as listed in my follow up email.
> I didn't have it long enough to actually try to install and use a
> virtualizable program, only long enough to dual boot it to Linux and set up
> security on the WIFI for my system and my ex's.
>
>
> Is there a similar chart for AMD processors?
>
> The other problem is, for a low end maching, it is unlikely the seller would
> bother make the effort to get me the information and/or by the time I looked
> it up, the machine would have been sold.  I was hoping for something easy
> like "anything over 2 GHz is virtualizable".
>
> --Carey
>
> ----- "Ramin K" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> http://ark.intel.com/ProductCollection.aspx?familyId=581
>         Intel lists all the capabilities of all processors. I suggest
> tracking
> down the exact processor model and comparing it to the list before
> buying. However looking at the Belmont machines and the above list your
> chances of finding a virtualizing P4 is pretty small.
>
>         If you're buying on Craigslist you can ask for the service tag and
> plug
> it into the manufacturers site. Much simpler to get the system specs
> that way. Dell definitely has a service tag and I'd be surprised if
> other major manufacturers didn't.
>
>         Finally I'd go figure out which system models you think you want and
> search that way. Most of the consumer modules aren't going to support
> virtualization or only partially support it while many of the corporate
> desktops will. I learned that the hardware over the summer when my
> Inspiron Core2 couldn't virtualize 64bit systems, only 32bit.
>
> Ramin
>
>
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