My brand new Thinkpad T550 has an explicit ME config firmware I can enter. PRESS ENTER TO INTERRUPT BOOT -> F1 BIOS, F12 CUSTOM BOOT DEVICE, F9 INTEL ME SETUP
I can enter into it but its vital parts are password protected. Even though it is my computer, I cannot configure and control it. Scary. This is not the future I wanted.
It accepted the password, though all uppercase "ADMIN". It then immediately wanted to set a new password, which fails every time. Possibly an undocumented password strength policy, but could be anything.
Not every machine has AMT support even if the CPU and chipset support it.
Firmware level ME features are usually found on the 'enterprise' grade laptops, OS driver support for ME is another issue since that can usually be taken advantage off regardless of firmware support but it requires additional software.
I can enter into it but its vital parts are password protected. Even though it is my computer, I cannot configure and control it. Scary. This is not the future I wanted.