[XCSSA] Followup to Virtualization Talk Last Night

[xcssa@xcssa.org]

Hey all..

Here's some more information from my ad-hoc virtualization talk last night on 
current virtualization technologies:

More Info on x86 Virtualization:
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization

Info on "paravirtualization" and "Ring 0/-1" concepts discussed last night:
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paravirtualization
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_0

Exhaustive Virtualization Technology Comparison:
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_virtual_machines

Current AMD Proc Listings:
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Turion_microprocessors
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opteron		

Current Intel VT Proc Listing:
http://www.intel.com/distributed/modules/sitelets/viiv_spec.htm

Here are some corrections from last night:
-Most Intel Procs out now (below) DO include the VT code..
"Pentium 4 6x2, Pentium D 9x0, Xeon 3xxx/5xxx/7xxx, Core Duo and Core 2 Duo 
processors" more info here
-I said that AMD's VT technology was NOT on the ML or MK flavors of the Turion 
proc, but only on the TL line.  This was incorrect (see List_of_AMD... link 
above).  The ML and MT Turions do not feature Pacifica/VT, while the MK, TL 
(and newer) do.  So check these out when looking for a good PC for 
virtualization.

Oh.. and here's the laptop (Averatec 2370) that I demo'd and was talking about 
last night that is both VT capable and very low cost:
	http://tinyurl.com/ylad3o
	(also at Sams Club stores for $880)

There's also a "Black Friday" special on this unit at OfficeMax for $599 (if 
you get there early):
	http://www.blackfriday.info/ads/officemax-black-friday-ad.html


Happy Thanksgiving All,

Tweeks