Hi Bernd, I see that this reply is late. Sorry. I am usually notified about posts when I get an e-mail, and I didn't get one about your post. Just happened to be reviewing my previous posts.
My notebook is a VGN-N38Z. A very nice machine, lean and mean in the resources (except for the non-standard sd card reader and the usual winmodem that all PCs still feature). However, I have not been able to enable VT-x on the BIOS setup and Sony support (www.vaio-link.com) told me it was a management decision of Sony not to support VT-x in this notebook. Other sources I found on the internet say that no Vaio will ever feature VT-x. Other comments: I have seen an HP notebook be able to control display brightness and volume with the Fn keys, while my Vaio doesn't support it. How about that? So, if you find a nice notebook that doesn't feature a lot of unsupported hardware (unsupported hardware only wastes battery) and supports VT-x without sophisticated hacks, go for it, and then post it here so that I can go and get one for me too. Walk away from Sony if you don't want Vista. The most annoying is that the processor in my N38Z is the T5500 stepping L which happens to support VT-x, so I am not using it now because Sony doesn't let me have it on a 1000 euro notebook. -- Doug > Douglas, > > what Sony model do you have? I am thinking about > buying an AR71ZU. Do you mean that there is no option > to enable the VT-x stuff in the bios? > Any other general comments on Sony notebooks you > haven't mentioned yet? > > Bernd -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
