Short list of laptops/desktops that work well with Qubes OS

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In light of QSB-081, should the inclusion criteria be expanded to require that the device’s CPU continues to receive microcode updates? Unfortunately, it looks like this would eliminate all but two of the recommended 4.1 models…

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Qubes hardware landscape

Hi. Is it me or choosing DESKTOP hardware for qubes is increasingly dificult? -older hardware has PS/2 interface, but no microcode updates -newer harware has microcode update, but no PS/2 On the LAPTOP side, it seems a lot of harware is affected by the latest QSB (that is, lacks microcode updates). What do you guys think of the security status of thinkpads xx30 (that can have coreboot, but not microcode updates). It seems that if qubes enforces open firmware restriction, there is almost no …