Re: [gentoo-user] which machine to buy for perfect gentoo machine?!

[Frank Steinmetzger]

On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 02:44:20PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote:

> > I'm currently holding out on my Core2 though, because Haswell is on the
> > doorstep, and I first wanna see what the market has to offer. The CPU part
> > might not gain much in performance, but the graphics part got a big boost and
> > all models support VT-d now (according to cpu-world.com). Plus theoretically
> > I'm a bit more future-proof due to the new socket (which is probably the most
> > annoying thing about the Intel world, compared to AMD).
> >
>
> Be very careful. This laptop's processor does not have VT-x...and that
> bit me.

At some point I found out that on my laptop I couldn't use VT-x either, even
though the processor was supposed to support it. Doing a bit of digging in the
tubes I found out that on many laptop it was disabled, and naturally the
there was no option in the BIOS to enable it (even though it is a Pro line
model, Samsung P50 for those who are interested). Thankfully, I found a
(Windows) tool that would change that by doing some NVRAM voodoo.

> […]
> If buying an Intel part, I'd be very, very careful to make sure that it
> supported all the features I want. I've been bit by that on this
> laptop...I had no idea it wouldn't have VT-x.

Well, in my (our?) case, it's a BIOS issue. I don't expect such issues for
desktop systems which you built from scratch yourself. I wouldn't see a point
for the manufacturer to artificially reduce functionality, because here it is
very easy to buy a directly competing product. But I think I'm getting OT.
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