Comments on: Uproar Brewing Over Sony Intentionally Disabling Hardware Virtualization On VAIO Computers

By: cheap laptop

cheap laptop — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:07:00 +0000

i like sony laptop. i think it’s good laptop.

By: Hanto

Hanto — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:39:50 +0000

” our engineers and QA people were very concerned that enabling VT would expose our systems to malicious code that could go very deep in the Operating System structure of the PC and completely disable the latter. “

What a bunch of hogwash which happens to stink less then the lies of the Sony elite. They also haven't noticed the huge desire of their customer base for an emancipated bios. What they are really trying to accomplish is to avoid recalls of their product lines… I wonder, did Toyota use Sony technology in their cars???? If they did and Sony used the same practice of keeping the lid closed on the problem i.e. pandora's box, it may well explain a lot of things. Come clean Sony or face a tidal wave of regret.. Each and every Vaio owner ( i.e. not Sony but the REAL customer ) is owed a sincere apology and CORRECTION of the issue.

By: Hanto

Hanto — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:39:50 +0000

By: lb158p

lb158p — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:37:07 +0000

If the hardware on my laptop was not capable of hardware virtualization I would not be upset, but I have a Sony Vaio VGN-CR120E with an Intel 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 (“Santa Rosa”) processor. This processor according to Intel’s website is capable of hardware virtualization so the issue is the BIOS not allowing the feature to be enabled. This is an issue that anyone purchasing a computer, laptop or desktop, from manufacturers that build artificial obsolescence into their products. I cannot find a solution on Sony’s website for the product I purchased in good faith. Before this issue I felt this was a good purchase as there was no issue updating to a larger faster hard drive and appears to be no issue updating the memory, but I CANNOT ACTIVATE A BUILT IN FEATURE! Just very sad.

By: donguru

donguru — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:12:03 +0000

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By: donguru

donguru — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:12:03 +0000

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By: proux

proux — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:42:00 +0000

I wish I hadb;t bought a Sony… my wife certainly won't unless they fix this disgrace very soon.

By: johnfrederick

johnfrederick — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:54:12 +0000

Sony is not providing updated drivers for laptops and desktops that are less than 2 years old. This is insane. I will never buy another Sony laptop or desktop again.

By: howardru4u

howardru4u — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:05:04 +0000

I just bought my VAIO a few weeks ago.

My VGS-SR490J has the option to enable/Disable VT in the BIOS. AMI BIOS R3220Y1 08/05/2009 SMS BIOS 2.4

Just enabled it and confirmed it was working using Gibson Researches Securable program.

Hopefully it is just a BIOS update for the rest of you.

By: natasha26

natasha26 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:41:09 +0000

I was surprised that an Intel utility (Intel Processor ID) described my old T2400 as having Intel VT, however thanks to those moron at Vaio, my BIOS is a complete lame duck and I have no way to enable that feature. This is an outrage that Sony keeps preventing users from accessing all BIOS features. This is my 2nd Vaio laptop and in this model too (FE21s) they have reduced the BIOS menu to something completely useless. I think am gonna go for something more serious like the ThinkPad and dump that shitty Vaio in eBay.