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Qubes OS will ship pre-installed on Purism’s security-focused Librem 13 laptop

(arstechnica.com)
154 points walterbell | 1 comments | 15 Dec 15 07:52 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jkot ◴[15 Dec 15 11:41 UTC] No.10737214[source]▶
> Running a dozen VMs or more, as many Qubes users do, can be resource-intensive, so plenty of RAM and a fast processor are essential.

I hoped it would support 32GB RAM in 13" laptop, but maximum is 16GB RAM. Only option seems to be Portege R30 Skylake version (not yet announced), which has two DDR slots.

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mtgx ◴[15 Dec 15 13:05 UTC] No.10737520[source]▶
I think that's mostly Intel's fault. They're keeping mainstream notebook chips limited to 16GB of RAM so they can upsell you the (more expensive) "Xeon for notebooks" chips.
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analognoise ◴[15 Dec 15 15:23 UTC] No.10738250[source]▶
Is that bad? I mean how many people are willing to spring for 32GB of memory, but won't spring for a more expensive processor?

I think the 32GB in a laptop is a power user type group, and that kind of market segmentation makes sense.

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1. nickpsecurity ◴[15 Dec 15 17:37 UTC] No.10739079[source]▶
I mostly agree but there's flexibility, safety, and security benefits if enough RAM is in system. All kinds of tricks to use even if target is a casual user.

Most don't so your analysis fits majority of time. ;)