No Windows 7 XP Mode For Sony Vaio Z Owners

Voyager529 writes "While virtually every Core 2 Duo processor supports the hardware virtualization technology that powers the Windows 7 XP Mode, The Register UK reports that the Core 2 Duo processors in the Sony Vaio Z series laptops had the virtualization features intentionally crippled in the BIOS. Senior manager for product marketing Xavier Lauwaert stated that the QA engineers did this to make the systems more resilient against malicious code. He also stated that while they are considering enabling VT in some laptop models due to the backlash, the Z series are not among those being retrofitted."

Comments

Re:It's Sony

[billcopc]

That's funny, my 3-year old HP notebook gives me the choice to turn VT on or off, right there in the otherwise useless System Config.

Sony didn't just make it "harder" to enable, they've purposely removed the choice to do so. Enjoy your nerfed laptop, because Sony wants to protect the people buying $2500 laptops from their own rampant ignorance.

That sort of mentality is partially why so many geeks hate Sony with a passion. Sure, they make shiny products (that don't last), but the pervasive attitude is that they seem to think their customers are mind-blowingly stupid. Don't get me wrong, people are mostly dumb, but not THAT dumb.

Re:Lenovo does the same thing

[Hyppy]

You're full of crap. As you posted further down the chain, you don't even have the password to get into your BIOS, because it belongs to your COMPANY.