HCL - Dell Inc. Studio XPS (1640)
Eric Duncan
BIOS A15
HVM yes
IOMMU no
SLAT no
TPM no
Qubes R3.2
Kernel 4.4.62-12
Remark Runs great, but no IOMMU nor HAP/SLAT.
Credit Eric Duncan
Notes:
With a CPU score exactly half of my Lenovo Helix Core i7 Tablet (that does support IOMMU and SLAT and TPM), it really surprised me on how snappy and fast this Studio 1640 seems.
Installed on an 120 GB SSD, it was really fast and responsive.
Installation was silky smooth - much easier than any other machine I've installed QubesOS on (most likely because it is only Legacy bios).
Ubuntu 14.10, Debian Jessie, ArchLinux and Mint I have tried - they were all super slow and clunky on this old Core2 Duo laptop (compared to Core i7 machines).
That is why I am quite impressed with how nicely QubesOS runs on this laptop. Chromium in the Personal VM is a bit on the slow side (when isn't it?); but really, QubesOS is the only OS I can run on this laptop now and have it be usable.
Was using it for about two months before moving onto my Helix Tablet.
Qubes release 3.2 (R3.2)
Brand: Dell Inc.
Model: Studio XPS 1640
BIOS: A15
Xen: 4.6.5
Kernel: 4.4.62-12
RAM: 4060 Mb
CPU:
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz
Chipset:
Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07)
VGA:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV635/M86 [Mobility Radeon HD 3670] [1002:9593] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Net:
Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6235 (rev 24)
Broadcom Limited NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)
SCSI:
ST95005620AS Rev: SD28
DVDRWBD CA10N Rev: A108
UDisk Rev: 5.00
HVM: Active
I/O MMU: Not active
HAP/SLAT: No
TPM: Device not found
Qubes HCL Files are copied to: 'dom0'
Qubes-HCL-Dell_Inc_-Studio_XPS_1640-20170709-134200.yml - HCL Info