@tbr @stevelord @tek in terms of #FreeSoftware compatibility, some #AMD chips are equally worse than #Intel's. See https://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/the-management-engine-an-attack-on-computer-users-freedom , https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/blogs/lxo/pub/who-is-afraid-of-spectre-and-meltdown and https://jxself.org/titanic.shtml .