On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 2:46:51 PM UTC+1, Andrew David Wong wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 2016-11-15 03:52, pixel fairy wrote: > > management is interested in qubes, but still need windows for some tasks. > > this means buying a laptop that comes with windows, but still can run qubes > > well. any recommendations? any license issues to be aware of? > > > > As far as I'm aware, any laptop with VT-x should be able to handle a Windows > VMs, and in general, most laptops comes with Windows. So, you're basically > just looking for a laptop that has good Qubes compatibility. Take a look at > the following: > > System Requirements: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/system-requirements/ > Hardware Compatibility List (HCL): https://www.qubes-os.org/hcl/ > > If you plan to be using the same machines for Qubes 4.x, you should also take > into consideration the updated requirements for Qubes-certified hardware, > which will go into effect for 4.x: > > https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2016/07/21/new-hw-certification-for-q4/ > > Licensing is a tricky issue. I'm not sure whether the Windows license allows > you to clone Windows VMs or to run multiple Windows AppVMs from a single > Windows TemplateHVM. That's a question for the lawyers. Maybe others around > here have information about it. > > - -- > Andrew David Wong (Axon) > Community Manager, Qubes OS > https://www.qubes-os.org
Just to throw it out there. Lenovo has recently tried to lock down their laptops and prevent you from installing any Linux on them. You may run into significantly more problems if you take one of these Microsoft Signature PCs. https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/53ri0m/warning_microsoft_signature_pc_program_now/ https://mspoweruser.com/lenovo-denies-blocking-linux-windows-10-pcs/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/b740a380-a8f4-4e52-9b35-a2d2ec10f78c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
