Recommend Me a Laptop That Works Flawlessly with Qubes OS

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I think I maybe was wrong about this or at least misleading. It’s not possible to disable hyper-threading in bios like I said but in qubes docs it says

Qubes does disable hyperthreading by default (by not using secondary threads)

I knew qubes disables hyper-threading but I forgot how it does it. It actually sounds like qubes doesn’t actually disable hyperthreading, it just doesn’t use it (“by not using secondary threads”). That’s why it maybe doesn’t matter if it the OEM (samsung) makes it not possible to disable hyper-threading. So in summary, I think qubes os will “disable” hyper-threading (not actually disabling, just not using it) even if it’s not possible to disable it in bios. I still recommend against samsung but qubes os should work on it I think but I don’t want to buy a samsung to test that.

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Hyperthreading is controlled by xen which is set by grub options. It’s called SMT

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I got an all AMD laptop which worked out fine up until the pasteboard function didnt work at all no matter what i tried. I will try the dell that was recommended earlier in this thread.

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Good luck.

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Did not have luck finding that Dell laptop without having to make some expensive compromise at some point or another (i.e most have been repaired, damages or shipping times extreme).

So, i did something out of the box (dont shame me just yet). I asked AI to recommend me a system that is completely compatible with qubes. To make it short it adviced me to go for:

Laptop with Intel Processor, Intel XE on board graphics, preferably from Lenovo or HP. The argumentation was: this hardware is (almost) completely compatible with qubes and with linux in general.

Any thoughts? Surely most standard stuff like Wifi, I/O, HDMI support ist not going to give me a hard time (yes i will precheck with the HCL)

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It is up to you whether or not you are willing to risk trusting an AI over genuine Qubes OS users’ experiences.

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Well, i can confirm that it was a mistake. I returned a dell today

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NovaCustom is great i have a v56 and it runs flawlessly.

^ sorry moving to fast and did not read the PS. Apologies and never mind

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Just read that sorry.

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NovaCustom V54 is not certified :sweat_smile:

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Lenovo T480 works flawlessly.

Downsides:
Sound is not really great. Work around, use earphones.
Screen could be better compared to Say-- High Quality screen in an Alienware or Apple recent Mac Book Pro. Consider, it is not a computer to watch movies. but use a high security laptop with Qubes.
Increasing the RAM up to 64 GB cost me $150.00.
8th generation Intel process. I don’t know how much longer Intel will provide CPU updates.

Middling good. There is now an ROM Flash to put Libreboot on T-480.
Requires physically opening case, connecting wires. Do you really need it?
Then again, Libreboot upgrade available.

Good, It works perfectly.
Can be upgraded to 64 GB.
Can have two batteries.
Initial purchase with one of the better screens, 16 GB RAM. can be two hundred US dollars, surely less than $250.00

Let me guess, too much detail?

If one wanted to just wanted to give Qubes a good try, without spending a lot of money, and not have any problems. Some actually have problems installing Qubes because they did not have the Install USB with Qubes correctly built, or use good technique running the install. OK, that might not include OP. but for newcomers, seems like I should I mention the problem some have had.

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Not anymore:

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