Re: [GTALUG] Thinkpad T420 as a VM host

On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 06:01:46PM -0400, Alex Volkov wrote:

So I replaced a 4GB memory stick in my Thinkpad T420 with an 8GB one bringing the total amount of available ram to 12GB with maximum of 16GB.Even though Lenovo say that the laptop supports only 8 GB of ram total.

As it stands now this 4 year old machine becomes a pretty cost-effective platform for virtualization:

* Intel Core i5-2410M

I just checked, and apparently that model does to all the vt-x stuff, so yes good for VM handling, and even better, apparently with a bios update it can do aes-ni which can be very handy too. Linux microcode handling might also handle the job if no bios upgrade exists. -- Len Sorensen