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.

Comments

But will they charge $4.99?

[tepples]

But will HP have to charge $4.99 for the VT compatible firmware in order to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?

Vaginal Trauma

[Anonymous Coward]

I gave VT to my wife... ;)

I know just how you feel

[MillionthMonkey]

I was born with two perfectly good nipples, each of which is perfectly capable of producing milk, but the feature was disabled with a few androgens.

Re:I know just how you feel

[Cousin Scuzzy]

I was born with two perfectly good nipples, each of which is perfectly capable of producing milk, but the feature was disabled with a few androgens.

Ah, I get it now. VT = Vestigial Teat, right?

Re:VT?

[Darth Android]

There's domains beside slashdot's?!?

Re:VT?

[Shatrat]

Victoria Telpiscorei

found it, on the "ascii" man page

[r00t]

VT is the vertical tab.

Octal: 013
Decimal: 11
Hex: 0x0B
C escape: \v

It's the Control-K character.

When sent to the console, it seems to go down a line or two.

I can't see much use for VT.