XPS8910 BIOS supports Hyper-V?

There is not a specific call out for Hyper-V on the 8910 training page. Nor a listing in the bios. I think if the CPU supports Hyper-V, then it could work. But other users will need to post their opinions and or testing of Hyper-V.

Thanks for replying.

I hope there's some way to track down this info.

My sole purpose for buying would be to use it for VMs so I won't be purchasing unless/until I know for sure that the BIOS supports it.

The Hyper V client for  Windows  8 and 10 REQUIRE SLAT and VT-X and VT-D in BIOS is usually called Hardware Virtualization and INTEL Text EDIT: Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT).

I think i do not know that Intel has released Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions (Intel® TSX) to replace this.

They keep shifting the terminology Vpro became INTEL AMT etc.

SLAT is on all of the Core I3 I5 I7 processors.   Having 1 piece does not get you going.  CPU, CHIPSET, BIOS, OS must ALL Comply or its No Dice.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1401.hyper-v-list-of-slat-capable-cpus-for-hosts.aspx

Intel caveats this  by saying:

‡ This feature may not be available on all computing systems. Please check with the system vendor to determine if your system delivers this feature, or reference the system specifications (motherboard, processor, chipset, power supply, HDD, graphics controller, memory, BIOS, drivers, virtual machine monitor-VMM, platform software, and/or operating system) for feature compatibility. Functionality, performance, and other benefits of this feature may vary depending on system configuration.

SpeedStep,

This is great info and a good reference but I still need to know if the XPS 8910 does do all this and can run Hyper-V successfully.

Since I don't own one I cant say.

SpeedStep,

I understand and do appreciate the info provided.

I did find this post online:

superuser.com/.../does-the-dell-xps-one-27-touch-support-slat-for-windows-8-64-bit-hyper-v

The final answer to that post gives me some hope but still doesn't guarantee the XPS 8910 that I plan to buy will support Hyper-V.

Hard to believe Dell doesn't have someone who can definitively answer a pre-sales technical question like this about one of their premier products.

Hi there, I am looking to but this machine, and have the same question, Can you plese tell me if you bought it and if HyperV /SLAT works?. Thank in advance

Paul