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by khedoros 3659 days ago
The board needs vPro/AMT for things like remote access. If the board doesn't implement those things (and you'd usually know, because you pay more for them), the ME ends up doing...well, I'm not sure what. I think mostly things like enforcing DRM? Still, the machine needs special support on the motherboard and ethernet controller to enable the features that people are complaining the most about.