Qubes on a laptop or a desktop: which is more secure?

[fiftyfourthparallel]

@alzer89

This should definitely branch off into “If you could design the perfect Qubes OS laptop and desktop machines, what would they be like?

Already did it:

What would ideal hardware for Qubes look like?

I wanted to ask about the ideal Qubes CPU, but figured this would be a good place to talk about ideal hardware specifications as well. This is related to the VM start time survey, but isn’t on-topic, so I pre-empted the mods and split the thread before I even made the post. What I want to know is: If cost isn’t an issue, what would the ideal CPU for Qubes OS look like, in terms of technology available today or in the near future? What attributes of the CPU would, for example, lower VM start-up…