HP Disables VT On Some Intel Laptops

snoukka writes "I just bought a new HP nx9420 laptop in order to use it with Linux, XEN, and windows on XEN. I was very disappointed when I noticed that the processor had this feature but VT is disabled in BIOS by HP and cannot be enabled! Disabled!? It's like buying a car with turbo and finding out after buying it that this turbo 'feature' was disabled." The forum thread goes back to last August and is still live. The latest post from an HP rep indicates that new firmware for the nx9420 should be available later this week in which the ability to switch on VT is enabled. It's not clear whether other HP products, in which VT was also disabled, will also get new firmware.

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Re:Overuse of abbreviations makes things harder

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Except that in this case "VT" is not part of an established and understood vocabulary.

We've been talking about VT since what, late 2005? Anyone who has been following CPU news knows what VT is. Anyone who isn't probably isn't interested in this story.

This isn't really a good comparison. Even people without a technology background know what "HP" stands for.

This is a site for nerds. Not for noobs. They're welcome here too. But whining and moaning about how an initialism wasn't explained for you is pretty pathetic. You could use acronymfinder, for example.