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    F11 720qm virtualization

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by baroninkjet, Sep 15, 2011.

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    I found the links about Sony disabling VT; anyone know if this affects Virtual Box?
     
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    No, Oracle VirtualBox wil not be affected
     
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    Microsoft has fixed XP mode so it will work even if virtualization is not enabled. Your article is not up to date on this.
    Have you gone into bios to see if there is a selection to turn virtualization on?
     
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    Currently by default XP mode will work without virtualization turned on. I believe it will load faster and be more responsive with the virtualization turned on.
     
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    I ended up going for the $75 win 7 pro amazon instant update (cheaper than msft website) and have the whole thing running now. So far no complaints; running two copies of the same software, which would not be possible otherwise. Running with virt. turned on. (It will be interesting to see if there is a significant difference one way or the other; I saw a test where Virtual Box ran significantly faster with VT-x turned OFF.)

    Added bonus of being able to run the couple of programs that refused to run on win 7. :)
     
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    I upgraded my Vaio from XP Pro to 7 Pro for $119 not to long ago. Around a month ago you could have upgrade 7 home to 7 Pro for 59.99 at Newegg. It was on sale with promo software.
     
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    On msft website, it was $89, but immediate direct delivery from msft on amazon was $75. I say direct because they didn't let me use my Amazon points to pay for it. :-(

    I would have preferred to buy a full XP license and use one of the 3rd party apps, but not enough to pay double for it. So far, it is very, very efficient for my needs. Very efficient, even for realtime stock market delivery data.
     
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