From: "Robert Comer" 

> Interesting that my new notebook has a BIOS option to disable the
> virtualization capability of the CPU.

My PC's have that option too, but I really think it's there because the
first implementations of it were kind of buggy and if you had problems, you
were supposed to turn it off.

> Probably as a line of defense against the VM trojans.

I remain unconvinced it's be a worse virus vulnerability than what we
already have, but I'll be watching...

--
Bob Comer


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>
> Interesting that my new notebook has a BIOS option to disable the
> virtualization capability of the CPU.
>
> Probably as a line of defense against the VM trojans.
>
> /m
>
> On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 13:15:55 -0400, "Robert Comer"
>  wrote:
>
>>I know that, that's why I said I didn't know how Parallels ran. (but do
>>know
>>how Codeweavers does their stuff.)
>>
>>> What distinguishes the Parallels system is its use of Intel's
>>> Virtualization Technology (VT), built into new Macs running the Intel
>>> Core
>>> Duo.
>>
>>I had heard that they used VT, which is excellent, I just don't know how
>>far
>>along on everything else they are.
>>
>>I'm very much aware of what VT can do, I'm the one that's been pushing it
>>around here, and everywhere else for that matter. (I even know how it
>>works.
>>)  And fwiw, just VT isn't enough to get near native speeds for most
>>normal stuff like OS's...

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