When will Lenovo machines be available with UEFI?

[JWBlue]

The replacement for BIOS.  

http://www.lenovoblogs.com/insidethebox/2010/07/uefi-bios/

[Vince69]

Couple of years i'll say...

[bananaman · Accepted solution]

The new ThinkPads have it, e.g. the T420s, T420, T520, W520, etc. It's been on some of the ThinkServers for a while.

[JWBlue]

It says on that link.

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UEFI.  We have two modes in “BIOS.”  Legacy and fast boot.  Choose fast boot unless you are in a corporate environment and you’ll see much faster startup/shutdown.  Sadly, for the dull corporate world, we’ve dumbed down UEFI with a legacy BIOS overlay.

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Why would being in a corporate environment matter how a machine boots?

[bananaman]

Probably because there are tools and methods used to deploy and manage systems in a corporate environment which are still dependent on legacy BIOS.

[JDay]

As I understand it all Sandy Bridge based systems use UEFI, most likely all next gen AMD systems will be using it as well.

[goretsky Community Moderator]

Hello,

The X120e also has 'dual' (or is 'hybrid' a better term?) BIOS/UEFI firmware.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

[JDay]

Are you sure about that? UEFI has the capability of emulating a traditional BIOS.

Moderator edit: Removed quote of previous post for read/scrollability.

[goretsky Community Moderator]

Hello,

Here's some information from my X120e's BIOS (v1.11-10.5):

Main Screen

UEFI BIOS Version                8FET27WW (1.11 )

UEFI BIOS Date (Year-Month-Day)  2011-0324

Config>USB

USB UEFI BIOS Support            [Enabled]

Security

UEFI BIOS Update Option          [Disabled]

Security>Password

Lock UEFI BIOS Settings          [Disabled]

Startup

UEFI/Legacy Boot                 [Both]

UEFI/Legacy Boot Priority        [UEFI First]

Judging from these, some form of UEFI is present.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

[JDay]

This is pure UEFI, the 'legacy' option simply emulates a legacy BIOS.

Moderator edit: Removed quote of previous post for read/scrollability.