From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 30 22:16:53 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A996E1065679 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:16:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nenad@venturis.hu) Received: from venturis.hu (venturis.hu [195.56.77.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 656EB8FC13 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:16:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by venturis.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDBCF3920E5; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:00:06 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at venturis.hu Received: from venturis.hu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (venturis.hu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id igOmAFRuVHMD; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:00:05 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.venturis.hu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by venturis.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id D96D43920E4; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:00:05 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:00:05 +0100 To: Mike Jeays , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" From: Nenad Mihajlovic Message-ID: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: PHPMailer (phpmailer.codeworxtech.com) [version 2.1] X-Mailer: FeLaMiMail In-Reply-To: <200912301606.38905.mike.jeays@rogers.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Cc: Subject: Re: Hardware virtualization X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:16:53 -0000 =20 Hello, For the Intel processors VT support, you can check up on=20 http://ark.intel.com/VTList.aspx go for no less than dual-core 8400. and for the AMD desktop processors, here: http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUResult.aspx and some of new X4 phenoms. Either AMD or Intel, both are good choice, we have run numerous = environments here without any problem.=20 For the serious application you might want to go for the Xeon or Opteron family, though. Regards, Nenad ----------------original message----------------- from: "Mike Jeays" mike.jeays@rogers.com to: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" freebsd-questions@freebsd.org date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:06:38 -0500 ------------------------------------------------- =20 =20 > I am about to buy a new desktop, and I want to make sure that = hardware=20 > virtualization is included. In one or two local computer stores, I get a blank=20 > look when I ask about this. Intel seems provide it on only certain chip models=20 > and they don't seem be very forthcoming, Perhaps it is better to buy an AMD=20 > product? >=20 > Any hints, please? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to=20 > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 >=20