Satellite C870-1H2 and virtualisation support

Hello,
I am (was about to) buy a Toshiba Satellite C870-1H2 (from amazon.co.uk).
The specs look ideal for me, but at the last moment I thought to check whether the VT-x extensions are supported.
I know that the CPU supports the extensions (as detailed here: [http://ark.intel.com/products/71465/]), but I also know that the extensions are often not enabled (or there is no BIOS option to enable them).
The phrase 'Virtualisation Technology' (which is present on some other specification pages) is clearly missing from the laptop specs here: [http://www.toshiba.co.uk/discontinued-products/satellite-c870-1h2/].
I've seen comments that suggest the Satellite *Pro* series usually provides virtualisation support, but it still seems to be missing from the specifications of many current Pro models.
I'm not sure why the C870 would not support VT-x when we know its hardware does, but the specs suggest that is the case. On other hand, I haven't found any references to people complaining about the absence of VT-x support.
So my question is, does the Satellite C870-1H2 actually support VT-x, or not?
(and if not, since it requires just a tiny piece of BIOS code, why not?)
Thanks

Thanks for your reply, however:
I know that +VT support depends always on the CPU built in the notebook+.
It doesn't (historically at least) depend +only+ on that.
I'm seeking clarification because there are (or there have been in the past) computers where the CPU supports virtualisation, but the computer itself does not - because virtualisation may need to be enabled by the BIOS, but the BIOS neither enables it by default, nor provides a configuration option to do so.
I certainly seen references to this problem regarding Toshiba laptops (and others).
So what I hope you're saying is that any current Toshiba laptop with a suitable CPU *will have whatever other support is necessary to support virtualisation*. Is that correct?

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