Prep for Wineconf - testing

[Aaryaman Vasishta]

Well, I have an old 2009 MBP with a Nvidia GPU I don't use anymore. It uses
the old core 2 duo chip so not sure if it might be as useful as the new
ones with i5's out there..

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 8:28 PM, Jeremy White <jwhite at codeweavers.com> wrote:

> > Yes, two extra boxes should maintain the old status-quo.
> >
> >
> >> That sound right?  And would a pair of i5s with fast hard drives and 8G
> >> of RAM do the trick?
> >
> > One aspect that I think is important is to ensure that the processor
> > support the virtualization instructions. For Intel that's VT-x and VT-d
> > and Intel tends to turn these features on and off at random across their
> > processor range. So before buying a processor I'd recommend checking it
> > out on http://ark.intel.com/.
>
> And no special graphics hardware, right, so Intel built in video is
> sufficient?
>
> If so, Newman, can you order up a pair of boxes (and a new UPS) that
> meet the criteria?  Ideally, if we can get them online a little before
> Wineconf, we can work based on those results.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeremy
>
> p.s.  And then anyone want to volunteer to help Francois?  That sounds
> like it would be even more valuable...
>
>
>
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