Re: [Xen-users] What Hardware Do I Need to have

[Simon Hobson <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:

> Any server/PC/notebook capable of hardware virtualization (available
> in cpu and enabled in BIOS) should work.
That "enabled in BIOS" bit is important.

There are stories of people buying fairly upmarket machines, 
advertised as having a VT enabled CPU, only to find that it's 
disabled in the BIOS. It also affects people looking to use the XP 
Emulation feature in Windows 7 - and people are "a bit miffed" to buy 
a machine touted as ready for Windows 7 and find that key features 
have been disabled without any hint in the specs. The safest thing to 
do is specifically ask the vendor if it supports VT - if they say yes 
and it doesn't then you have grounds to return it.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/06/sony_vaio_virtualization_disabled/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/27/fujitsu_windows_7_intel_virtualization/


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