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No Windows 7 XP Mode For Sony Vaio Z Owners

Posted by timothy on from the for-your-own-good dept.

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."

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  1. What? Malicious code?? by jkrise · · Score: 5, Funny

    Senior manager for product marketing Xavier Lauwaert stated that the QA engineers did this to make the systems more resilient against malicious code.

    If they don't like Windows XP they can say so. Calling it malicious code will piss off Microsoft no end.

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    1. Re:What? Malicious code?? by Lumpy · · Score: 4, Funny

      But Lenovo allows you to re-enable it. sony simply has a "SUCKS TO BE YOU" sticker on it.

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  2. Pfft by Houndofhell · · Score: 5, Funny

    ::Sony BIOS SCREEN::

    Virtualization: Disabled
    Complimentary Rootkits: Enabled

  3. In other news... by langelgjm · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news, Sony has decided to disable the second core in many of its dual-core models. Senior douchebag Joe Schmo defended the decision, saying "Often the second core just allows people to run malware in the background without noticing it."

    Um, no thanks, Sony. How about you let your customers decide whether they want to turn off processor features?

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