But...the "new" Microsoft or some hype. The "new" Microsoft is still only 10 percent new. The core of their evil is still embedded within the company and that's not going to change over the next sub-5 year period.

It's a shame OEMs don't use the open source Coreboot instead, which could be audited as well for security vulnerabilities, and at least on Chromebooks, Google also provides a physical switch.