[Hydraulix989]

"Because switching to AHCI mode with Windows installed would brick the machine"

There are tons of BIOS settings that could "brick" my machine though, it's a weak argument, really. My car didn't come with a lock on the hood.

"Which is exactly what Lenovo did"

Okay, you're acting like it didn't require any teeth pulling on our end to get them to release it (check out the 30+ page forum topics).