[GTALUG] Thinkpad T420 as a VM host

[William Park]

So, are you going to post your experience of VMs on it?
Or, are you selling it? ;-)
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WilliM

On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 06:01:46PM -0400, Alex Volkov wrote:
> So I replaced a 4GB memory stick in my Thinkpad  T420 with an 8GB one
> bringing the total amount of available ram to 12GB with maximum of
> 16GB.Even though Lenovo say that the laptop supports only 8 GB of ram total.
> 
> As it stands now this 4 year old machine becomes a pretty cost-effective
> platform for virtualization:
> 
> * Intel Core i5-2410M
> * 16GB max memory (~$65 per 8GB stick).
> * 2 SATA ports (built-in and ultrabay)
> * 2 mSata ports (one could be used for solid state storage)
> * 1 eSata port.
> * 1 Gigabit ethernet
> * 1 SD card
> 
> Canada computers sells refurbished ones for about $300 and I think there
> are some available in Brampton. Also I saw a few similar refurbished
> machines on Amazon.
> 
> Alex.
> 
> 
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