[AinderS]

Those Dell systems are "not for the general public, and had found their way to the website only inadvertently. The laptops are available only by custom order and only to military, government and intelligence agencies", and the other two have to hack the Management Engine, fighting Intel every step of the way.

That's basically an admission that the ME is a backdoor, and calling ME-free systems something any individual can purchase is farcical or malicious.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine#Commer...

[rocket_surgeron]

Wikipedia is not correct.

I have, right now, in my lab, multiple systems with ME disabled. I do not work for the government, military, or any intelligence agency.

Dell systems that have ME disabled come with a sticker of the number "3" on them, and linux tools exist that can verify the fact that it has been disabled.

My Precision 7760 mobile workstation can be purchased with ME disabled and it is listed as a BTO option at: https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/workstations-isv-certified/p...

Scroll down to "System Management". "vPro disabled" == "ME disabled"