HP Pavillion HDX - Windows 7 & Windows XP mode?

[Faszero]

Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions allows multiple Windows environments, including Windows XP Mode, to run on the same machine, requiring the use of Intel VT-x or AMD-V.

Windows XP Mode runs in a virtual machine and redirects displayed applications running in Windows XP to the Windows 7 desktop.

My HP Pavilion HDX 9430 has an Intel (R) Core 2 Duo CPU T8100 @ 2.1GHz can someone tell me if I buy Windows 7 will it be able to run in Windows XP mode?

[Radamad]

Honestly, probably not. Most Consumer notebooks, (which those are,) have the supported hardware for running the virtualization tech, but the Bios has it locked down.

[roxaz]

and why HP is offering bios that limits user? is there no like unlocked version or something? i myself regret buying HP laptop because of this as i use this laptop for programming and other advanced stuff. It so happens that those entertainment PCs meant for ordinary users are powerful enough to fit my needs.

[lmanlo]

Yes you are able to use Windows XP Mode because you do have Intel Virtualization Technology. Hope this helps. As seen on Intel's own website: http://ark.intel.com/Compare.aspx?ids=33916, 

http://www.intel.com/support/processors/mobile/core2duo/index.htm  

Message Edited by lmanlo on 09-27-2009 04:10 PM

[Baloo75]

I have an HDX18T with a P8700 processor and XP mode works great. You do have to enable virtulatization in the BIOS because it is off by default.