If you buy a Lenovo, then the CPU dies and you replace it with an unlocked retail one, will the motherboard blow the fuses in the new one and lock it too as soon as you power it up?
Also, it would be complicated for Lenovo too as warranty and consumer laws in every country are different.
Everyone, thanks for the info, once I had a high opinion of the company but it's been going steadily downhill in recent years. Reckon I'd never buy another PC from them again over this nonsense.