They wouldn't be selling them if the customers had a choice. But the customers d...

qb45 · on June 30, 2017

You have a choice. You need to specifically buy a Q-series chipset to get working AMT.

I presume that's a sign some enterprises are buying it or Intel wouldn't bother with Q-series.

Another story is that the difference between Q and non-Q may be nothing more than firmware and some ROM bits ;)

beagle3 · on June 30, 2017

But ME is everywhere.

qb45 · on June 30, 2017

ME is not a "management feature", it's a general purpose auxiliary CPU used to implement management features and also "consumer features" like DRM.

Whether you like it or not, ME is not relevant to the fact that yes, the AMT was developed because some customers actually use it.

beagle3 · on June 30, 2017

That very well may be, but you are the only one talking about AMT, and I still can't get a CPU without an undocumented privileged CPU thrown in. If I had a choice, I would not get ME

qb45 · on June 30, 2017

The whole thread started with somebody asking whether Intel management features are of any use:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14668965

To which you responded that Intel wouldn't be selling them if customers had a choice to which I responded that they absolutely would.