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Different sockets has different features
BGA house http://ark.intel.com/products/65708
rPGA housing http://ark.intel.com/products/67355
Compare chart: http://ark.intel.com/compare/67355,65708
VT-d seems cool feature for me especially for graphics visualization.
I am buying new laptop and I would like to know if processor supports this feature.
I think it is this laptop, but i am not sure:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c03315668
BGA is not a socketed processor, but a solder on processor, and is not used in most PC's. – Moab – 2012-09-27T00:04:15.310
1That HP uses a socketed processor so it will be supported. – Moab – 2012-09-27T00:07:01.203