Hardware Compatibility List for Qubes OS

The following is a list of systems that have been tested and seem to work fine with Qubes OS

General system requirements

Minimum:

• 4GB of RAM
• 64-bit Intel or AMD processor (x86_64 aka x64 aka AMD64)
• Intel GPU strongly preferred (if you have Nvidia GPU, prepare for some troubleshooting; we haven't tested ATI hardware)
• At least 20GB of disk (Note that it is possible to install Qubes on an external USB disk, so that you can try it without sacrificing your current system. Mind, however, that USB disks are usually SLOW!)
• Fast SSD disk strongly recommended

Additional requirements:

• Intel VT-x or AMD-v technology (this is needed to run HVM domains only, such as Windows-based AppVMs)
• Intel VT-d or AMD IOMMU technology (this is needed for effective isolation of your network VMs)
• TPM with proper BIOS support if you want to use option ​Anti Evil Maid

If you don't meet the additional criteria, you can still install and use Qubes. It still offers significant security improvement over traditional OSes, because things such as GUI isolation, or kernel protection do not require special hardware.

Note: We don't recommend installing Qubes in a virtual machine!

Note: There is a problem with supporting keyboard and mouse on Mac, and so Mac hardware is currently unsupported (patches welcomed!)

Hardware Compatibility List

Device	Qubes R1			Qubes R2 Beta2				Reported by
	Standard feautures	VT-d	Remarks	Standard features	VT-x (HVM)	VT-d	Remarks
Lenovo Thinkpad T420	OK	OK						Qubes core developers
Lenovo Thinkpad T420s (Intel HD graphics; Sandy Bridge; i5-2520M)	OK	OK		OK	OK	OK	Requires kernel 3.2.30 to support S3 sleep (the default kernel S3 sleep causes system reboot)	Qubes core developers
Lenovo Thinkpad T61 (Nvidia Quadro NVS 140M)	OK	X						Qubes core developers
Samsung X460	OK	X						Qubes core developers
Sony Vaio Z 12 (2010 edition)	OK	OK	read more	OK	OK	OK	read more	Qubes core developers
Dell Latitude E6420 (Intel HD graphics; Sandy Bridge; i5-2520M)	OK	OK	needs kernel 3.4.17+	OK	OK	OK	Suspend doesn't work on 3.7.6 kernel, but work on 3.7.4	Qubes core developers
Apple MacBookPro (i7 M620)	?	?		X	OK	X	​read more	​Alex Dubois
ASUS UX-31	*	?						​Stephen Boyd
ASUS X55A	X	X	​read more	X	X	X	​read more	​Zrubi
Dell Latitude 5520	OK	OK	​read more					​Erik Edin
Dell Latitude E6320 (Intel HD graphics; Sandy Bridge; i5-2540M; BIOS: A06)				OK	OK	OK		Alex​
Dell Latitude E6520	OK	OK	​read more					​Steven Collins
Dell PowerEdge T110 II (onboard Matrox; Xeon E3-1230)	OK	OK						​Geoff
Dell Precision M4600 (i7-2860QM; NVIDIA Quadro 1000M)	OK	OK						​nqe
Dell XPS 13 (i5; intel HD; sandy bridge; BIOS A03)	OK	?		OK	?	?	​read more	​j
Fujitsu S751 (HD3000; QM67; i5-2520M; BIOS 1.18)	OK	OK		OK	OK	OK	needs kernel downgrade to 3.7.4	​Zrubi
HP Pavilion Sleekbook 14-B030TU (Ivy Bridge; Intel HD Graphics; i5-3317; BIOS F.06)	?	?		OK	OK	OK		Stephen Boyd
Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E130 (Ivy Bridge; HD Graphics i3-3217U; BIOS: 2.05)	?	?		OK	OK	OK		Danny Cautaert
Lenovo Thinkpad T430 (Ivy Bridge; HD Graphics; i5-3360M; BIOS: 2.51)	?	?		OK	OK	OK	​read more	Alex Dubois
Lenovo Thinkpad T430U (Ivy Bridge; HD Graphics +GT 620M; i7-3517M; BIOS: 2.08)	?	?		OK	OK	OK	​read more	tigerbeard
Lenovo Thinkpad W510 (nVidia; i7-Q820)	OK	OK	​read more					​Sebastian Hültenschmidt
Lenovo Thinkpad x220 (HD?000; i5-?)	OK	OK						​Stefan Boresch
Lenovo Thinkpad x230	*	OK	​read more					​Chris
Toshiba Tecra S11	OK	OK	​read more					​Jan Beerden
Toshiba Tecra A11-15X (i7-M620)	OK	OK						​PirBoazo
Toshiba M780 S7240 (BIOS latest)	OK	OK						​Franz
Samsung Series 7 Chronos NP700Z5C (nVidia Optimus; i7-3635QM; BIOS P04ABJ)	OK	?	​read more	OK	OK	X	​read more	​Outback Dingo
Sony Vaio Z2 (2011 edition)	OK	OK	​read more					​Danny Fullerton
Zareason Ultra Lap 420 (Ivy Bridge; HD Graphics; i5-3317U)					OK	OK		​Ant
Dell Precision T3400 Workstation (NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290; Intel Q6600; BIOS: A09)	?	?		OK	OK	X		Andrew Sorensen
GA-fxa990-ud3 (rev 3.0) (AMD FX-8350; GTX 470)	?	?		OK	OK	X		m astroj
MSI Big Bang (i7-950; Radeon HD 6770)	?	?		OK	?	?	read more	Andrew Sorensen

Submitting new results

If you want to submit any new data please run 'qubes-hcl-report' script (in dom0) and send the results to ​the mailing list with the following details included:

• Subject: HCL - <your machine model name>

And of course include any useful information about the mentioned Qubes features.