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Is this really true of all Lenovo systems? I recently bought a P50 (new workstation class laptop) and I could switch the BIOS to AHCI from what I recall. That

Is this really true of all Lenovo systems? I recently bought a P50 (new workstation class laptop) and I could switch the BIOS to AHCI from what I recall. That being said the crap Lenovo pulled with other hardware made me ditch the laptop (of which I tried to return and Lenovo would not take it since I installed an alternative OS and I had to sell it outright for a loss). Things such as disabling the ability for the integrated Intel GPU from driving more than one display at a time was a deal breaker along with downright horrible performance. I'm going down a new, yet unfortunately similar, path with Dell on a 5510. First unit I had would shut off if you picked it up. Dell decided to "upgrade" my purchase because they didn't have any more 5510 with FHD displays in stock. What I got back was a "better" machine with a 4k display. I've been arguing with Dell support since...

Hydraulix989 10y ago
"Is this really true of all Lenovo systems? I recently bought a P50 (new workstation class laptop) and I could switch the BIOS to AHCI from what I recall." No, only their consumer-level ultrabooks -- specifically, Yoga series. I bought a P50 as well, and I love it; MUCH better for my use case (mobile app development that is "mobile") than any of the Apple products I've used.
seba_dos1 10y ago
No, it's true for some of their newest ultrabooks, like Yoga 900S, Yoga 900 Business Edition, Yoga 710 and newer revisions of Yoga 900 marked as 13ISK2.
dman 10y ago
I would buy it in a heartbeat if they didnt insist on selling it with the numpad. I find it upsetting that it is virtually impossible to find a 15 inch laptop now that doesnt have the numpad (macbook pro and dell xps15 are the notable exceptions). Not having the spacebar centered and having the numeric keys off center is hard for me to adjust to.
- Hydraulix989 10y ago
  Personally, I haven't had nearly of a hard time adjusting to off-centered keys/touchpad as I've had trying to move to Apple-esque chiclet keys (or the resultant cheap inferior copy-cats on all of the Windows 8 touch screen ultrabooks). To each their own, I guess.
tracker1 10y ago
Usually when I plan on replacing the factory OS, I'll buy a replacement drive/ssd, and install directly on that, leaving the factory drive ready to be re-inserted on resale/return.

Hydraulix989 10y ago

"Is this really true of all Lenovo systems? I recently bought a P50 (new workstation class laptop) and I could switch the BIOS to AHCI from what I recall." No, only their consumer-level ultrabooks -- specifically, Yoga series. I bought a P50 as well, and I love it; MUCH better for my use case (mobile app development that is "mobile") than any of the Apple products I've used.

seba_dos1 10y ago

No, it's true for some of their newest ultrabooks, like Yoga 900S, Yoga 900 Business Edition, Yoga 710 and newer revisions of Yoga 900 marked as 13ISK2.

dman 10y ago

I would buy it in a heartbeat if they didnt insist on selling it with the numpad. I find it upsetting that it is virtually impossible to find a 15 inch laptop now that doesnt have the numpad (macbook pro and dell xps15 are the notable exceptions). Not having the spacebar centered and having the numeric keys off center is hard for me to adjust to.

Hydraulix989 10y ago
Personally, I haven't had nearly of a hard time adjusting to off-centered keys/touchpad as I've had trying to move to Apple-esque chiclet keys (or the resultant cheap inferior copy-cats on all of the Windows 8 touch screen ultrabooks). To each their own, I guess.

tracker1 10y ago

Usually when I plan on replacing the factory OS, I'll buy a replacement drive/ssd, and install directly on that, leaving the factory drive ready to be re-inserted on resale/return.