Satellite C855-2FG doesn't have UEFI boot

Hi everyone!
I would like to ask, that Toshiba Satellite C855-2fg laptop can't boot in UEFI mode? Or it will be put in a new BIOS update?
Before you ask, it doesn't have a secure boot option or UEFI enabling option in its BIOS.
Thanks for the answers!

Yes I know this, but i would like to make multiboot option between windows, linux and mac osx. It is difficult to do this on an MBR partition table, because windows make its first bootloader to the mbr, after that could linux do its own grub 2 bootloader. If i want to use linux i have to wait first for the windows 8.1 bootloader, where i can choose linux bootloader. After this the computer reboots and i can boot into linux.
But its very slow. I hoped, that a laptop i buy in 2013 has UEFI boot option :(
In some other topics i read, that similar toshiba products has this option in bios.
Thank you for your answer!

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