For what it's worth, the professional equipment marketed under the "Think" brand was not affected by this. It was only ever a problem for their consumer line of

For what it's worth, the professional equipment marketed under the "Think" brand was not affected by this. It was only ever a problem for their consumer line of devices. https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-statement-on-lenovo-service-engine-lse-bios/ https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-stat... In general the Intel platform is quite the horror show of complex, deeply embedded layers of closed source software outside of the control of the user or the operating system. All the while these components have full control over the machine and all software running on it. Intel ME, AMD PSP, the UEFI BIOS were just some sources of vulnerabilities coming with the hardware. So just buying another brand of laptop, PC or server won't do. There would need to be a fundamental shift towards handing back the user or owner full control over what is executed on his machine.