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Re:The Intel ME subsystem can take over your machine, can't ... by kawera on Thursday June 16, 2016 @12:02AM (#11913877)
Not sure. ME requires coordination/support from other electronic components to do its job. It only applies to Macs if Apple's motherboards have the necessary circuitry (I couldn't find this info so far).
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Re:The Intel ME subsystem can take over your machine, can't ... by yuhong on Thursday June 16, 2016 @12:03AM (#11913890)
The actual ME is in the chipset itself, though it is true that full AMT functionality may require additional hardware.
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Re:The Intel ME subsystem can take over your machine, can't ... by kawera on Thursday June 16, 2016 @12:09AM (#11913912)
Do we know if Apple uses the whole, standard Intel chipset or just the cpu + custom, Intel supplied chipset?
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Re:The Intel ME subsystem can take over your machine, can't ... by yuhong on Thursday June 16, 2016 @12:09AM (#11913917)
I think most of the time they use standard Intel chipsets, though there are exceptions.
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