If you are curious too: Thinkpad x230 without vPro CPU (According to Intel, see i5-3230M (https://ark.intel.com/products/72164/Intel-Core-i5-3230M-Processor-3M-Cache-up-to-3_20-GHz-rPGA#tab-blade-1-0-7)) still have a MEI controller built in. Anyone knows what's the difference?
$ lspci | grep MEI 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
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Intel ark vPro=No still MEI available
Date: 2017-05-02 06:38 pm (UTC)$ lspci | grep MEI
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)