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    why Virtualization Technology is not supported on VAIO

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by wuruoyu, Jul 14, 2007.

  1. wuruoyu

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    My guess is that they don't wish to put them time and effort into testing it. Yeah, it sucks :(
     
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    so it's actually supported or not?
     
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    well, just run some test, cpu is supported, but sony didn't enable it in the motherboard, so still it's not supported. sucks! question is why they don't enable it??
     

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    Those who would use the virtualization technology are not the market segment Sony is aiming at.
     
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    are you sure that is the reason? cause they could just enable it in the bios so a larger market that will cover those who use the virtualization technology?
    so why the hell they are so stupid not to do that?
     
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    They are already cutting themselves off at the knees on their B2B sales by not offering XP or business desktops. Most medium-to-large companies take a few years to go to a new OS and they typically buy their notebooks the same place they buy their desktops. So I don't expect Sony to understand the value of Virtualization technology.
     
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    The problem is that if they enable it in the bios, they have to actually test it to ensure there aren't any bugs. I don't think they're willing to do that.

    As for market segment, the TZ and SZ series (possibly others) are aimed at business users, so I would guess a percentage of these users would use virtualization if it was available.
     
    brewt, Jul 15, 2007
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