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    "IdeaPad Y560 Laptop - 06462BU - Black" VT Question

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by asaxena11, Aug 28, 2010.

  1. asaxena11

    asaxena11 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi

    I Plan to buy "IdeaPad Y560 Laptop - 06462BU - Black". Before I buy I have a Question regarding VT. Can we enable VT in this model using Bios?


    Thanks for helping me out..

    Thanks
    Amit
     
    asaxena11, Aug 28, 2010
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    bazinga Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes you can.

    I needed to setup a private cloud using Eucalyptus, so I have enabled VT on mine.
     
    bazinga, Aug 28, 2010
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    asaxena11 Notebook Enthusiast

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    How can you do that ? Do we ned to hack the Bios ?

    How is your experience abt this machine. I was reading the forums and it seems People are not very happy with machine and customer service...

    Would love to know your experience with the machine...
     
    asaxena11, Aug 28, 2010
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    bazinga Notebook Enthusiast

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    There is an option for enabling VT in the BIOS. I'll check again though.

    I've had the laptop for around two weeks and haven't had any experience with the customer service. However, the laptop itself has no real issues.

    Pros -
    1. Excellent graphics performance. I've been running fraps on COD6, WiC, Battlefield BC2, all on medium to high (WiC on Very High) and the average FPS never drops below 30-35.

    2. Large keys. Found them quite comfortable.

    3. Brilliant sound. Can't stress this enough. I have never used a laptop with such awesome sound quality (and my previous laptop had Altec Lansing speakers...)

    Cons -
    1. Gets kinda hot near the vent on the left, but not nearly as hot as other laptops (my friend's Macbook is hot enough to fry eggs on after two hours of usage)

    2. Unremarkable battery life. Nothing special. Not low by any means, but not exceptional.

    3. Fn and Ctrl keys was annoying, but there's an excellent BIOS flash here on the forums.

    One of the most important issues which people seem to be having is the dancing pixels problem. I have observed nothing of the sort.

    EDIT: I just looked at the BIOS again, and enabling virtualization is the last option in the Configuration tab.
     
    bazinga, Aug 29, 2010
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