[Tfug] Virtualbox

[Jim March]

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Steve B <steveb7 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mine is the e5200 and the spec sheet (
> http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=37212) says it has the 64bit
> instruction set, VT-x is not present.


Yeah, and that's why we check before buying a new rig.

If you don't have hardware virt, your SOLE choice for virtualization is
VirtualBox and...it's actually not the best.  It's the *easiest*, yeah, but
it's not as stable as some other solutions.

There's a lot of KILLER deals out there in corporate-grade laptops about 3
to 4 years old...but Intel was doing some damned funky things here and there
with some CPUs.

It looks like in most cases they considered 64bit more critical than VT-x.
The only exception I've notices are the T2400/T2500/T2600 - and anything
with a "50" at the end is different!

Jim
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